1581 in Ireland
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Events

  • Dermot O'Hurley
    Dermot O'Hurley
    Blessed Dermot O'Hurley - in Irish Diarmaid Ó hUrthuile - was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel during the reign of Elizabeth I who was put to death for treason...

     appointed Archbishop of Cashel
    Archbishop of Cashel
    The Archbishop of Cashel is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The title is still in use in the Roman Catholic Church, but in the Church of Ireland it was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838....

     by Pope Gregory XIII
    Pope Gregory XIII
    Pope Gregory XIII , born Ugo Boncompagni, was Pope from 1572 to 1585. He is best known for commissioning and being the namesake for the Gregorian calendar, which remains the internationally-accepted civil calendar to this date.-Youth:He was born the son of Cristoforo Boncompagni and wife Angela...

    . Unable to enter Ireland 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....

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Births

  • 4 January - James Ussher
    James Ussher
    James Ussher was Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625–56...

    , Anglican  Archbishop of Armagh
    Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)
    The Anglican Archbishop of Armagh is the ecclesiastical head of the Church of Ireland, the metropolitan of the Province of Armagh and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Armagh....

     and Primate of All Ireland, published the Ussher chronology purporting to time and date creation (d.1656
    1656 in Ireland
    -Births:*17 April - William Molyneux, natural philosopher and writer, founded the Dublin Philosophical Society .-Deaths:*21 March - James Ussher, Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, published the Ussher chronology purporting to time and date creation ....

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