1573 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1573 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

Elizabeth I

Events

• February 23 – James FitzMaurice FitzGerald submits to John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland, at Kilmallock.^[1]
• March 25 – Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond, returns to Ireland. He is detained in Dublin but escapes about 11 November.^[1]
• April 14 – grant of denization to Sorley Boy MacDonnell and other settlers from Scotland.^[1]
• May – Brian O'Neill of Clandeboye burns Carrickfergus.^[2]
• June – a warrant is given for the restoration of his lands to Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond.^[3]
• July 9 – Elizabeth I of England grants Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, the right to plant most of County Antrim. He sets out with a military force (including Moyses Hill) from England to do so, but his ships are dispersed by storm.^[1]
• September 29 – Essex is granted a commission of "general captainship in all Ulster". His troops encamp for the winter at Belfast while opposition is gathered by Brian O'Neill and Turlough Luineach O'Neill.^[1]
• October 20 – Planter Thomas Smith the younger is shot in Ards.^[2]
• October – Essex and Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, act against Brian O'Neill.^[1]
• c. October – David Wolfe, papal legate to Ireland, goes to Spain.^[4]
• Walter Ball, who subsequently became Mayor of Dublin and imprisoned his mother Margaret Ball on religious grounds, becomes an Alderman of Dublin.

Births

• David Rothe, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory

Deaths

• December 27 – James Stanihurst, politician
• Robert Weston, Dean of the Arches and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1515)
• Approximate date – Arthur O'Friel, Roman Catholic cleric

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.
2. Web site: Christopher. Maginn. Smith, Thomas (1547–1573). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. 2012-12-19. 10.1093/ref:odnb/69171.
3. Book: Lee, Sidney. 1903. Dictionary of National Biography Index and Epitome. 960. XLI 309..
4. Web site: Thomas J.. Morrissey. Wolfe, David (1528–1578/9). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. 2012-12-19. 10.1093/ref:odnb/29832.