1562 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1562 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

Elizabeth I

Events

• January 6 – Shane O'Neill pleads his cause at the Palace of Whitehall in London before Elizabeth I of England,^[1] who recognises him as "The O'Neill" and "of Tír Eoghain". He returns to Ireland on 26 May.^[1]
• April 12 – Brian O'Neill is murdered by his kinsman Turlough Luineach O'Neill^[1] and is succeeded (in the eyes of the English administration of Ireland) as chief of the O'Neills by his brother Hugh.
• November – Séan Ó Néill lays waste to Maguire's Country (County Fermanagh).^[1]
• The stone bridge and west gate at Galway is completed by Thomas Óge Martyn (mayor for second term 1562–63).

Births

• Henry FitzGerald, 12th Earl of Kildare, nobleman and soldier (d. 1597)
• Murrough O'Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin, nobleman (d. 1597)
• John Rider, Latin lexicographer and Anglican Bishop of Killaloe from 1612 to 1632 (d. 1632)
• Approximate date
  • Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret, nobleman (d. 1602)
  • Muircheartach Óg Ó Cíonga, writer and priest (d. c.1639)

Notes and References

1. Book: Moody, T. W.. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. 1989. 978-0-19-821744-2. etal.