Events

• Second Desmond Rebellion
  Second Desmond Rebellion
  The Second Desmond rebellion was the more widespread and bloody of the two Desmond Rebellions launched by the FitzGerald dynasty of Desmond in Munster, Ireland, against English rule in Ireland...
  
   begins (lasts until 1583
  1583 in Ireland
  -Events:*Dermot O'Hurley, Archbishop of Cashel lands in Ireland.*8 October - Dermot O'Hurley is arrested and imprisoned in Dublin Castle.*Second Desmond Rebellion ends , resulting in the extinction of the Desmond palatinate....
  
  ), resulting in the extinction of the Desmond palatinate.
• East Breifne
  East Breifne
  East Breifne was an historic kingdom of Ireland roughly corresponding to County Cavan....
  
   is renamed Cavan (Irish An Cabhain) after the Shire's main town.
• William Oge Martyn
  William Oge Martyn
  -Early life:Also known as William Óge Martyn fitz Thomas, was a son of Thomas Óge Martyn and Evelina Lynch of Galway. Bailiff of Galway in 1566 to 1567, he was kidnapped by the Earl of Thomond in January 1570 but was free in time to participate at the battle of Shrule in April of the same year...
  
   attempts to capture or kill the pirate Gráinne O'Malley at her stronghold of Rockfleet
  Rockfleet Castle
  Rockfleet Castle, or Carraigahowley Castle , is a tower house near Newport in County Mayo, Ireland. It was built in the mid sixteenth century, and is most famously associated with Gráinne O'Malley, the pirate queen and chieftain of the clan O’Malley.Rockfleet Castle has four floors and is over...
  
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