1562 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1562 in Ireland.
Incumbent
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)
Deaths
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