1578 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1578 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

Elizabeth I

Events

• In retaliation for the Massacre of Mullaghmast, Rory Óg Ó Moore, leader of the Ó Moore clan in County Laois, burns Carlow, but is hunted down and trapped.
• The ship Emanuel, returning from Martin Frobisher's third voyage to Frobisher Bay, is wrecked at Ard na Caithne.^[1]
• Barnabe Rich publishes Alarme to England.

Births

• 14 December – Joan Apsley, first wife of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (d. 1599)

Deaths

• June – Rory Óg Ó Moore, rebel leader (killed and beheaded).

Notes and References

1. Book: Morison, Samuel Eliot . The great explorers: the European discovery of America . 1986 . Oxford Univ. Pr . 978-0-19-504222-1 . 3. [print.] . New York . 292 . November 22, 2024.