Events

• August - Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone's victory over an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal
  Henry Bagenal
  Sir Henry Bagenal was marshal of the army in Ireland during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.-Life:He was the eldest son of Nicholas Bagenal and Eleanor Griffith, daughter of Sir Edward Griffith of Penrhyn...
  
  , at the Battle of the Yellow Ford
  Battle of the Yellow Ford
  The Battle of the Yellow Ford was fought in western County Armagh, Ulster, in Ireland, near the river Blackwater on 14 August 1598, during the Nine Years War ....
  
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Births

• Patrick D'Arcy
  Patrick D'Arcy
  Patrick D'Arcy was an Irish Catholic Confederate and lawyer who wrote the constitution of Confederate Ireland.-Background:Born in County Galway, Ireland, Darcy was the youngest son of James Riabhach Darcy by his second marriage to Elizabeth Martyn. James Riabhach was formerly Vice-President of...
  
  , nationalist who wrote the constitution of Confederate Ireland
  Confederate Ireland
  Confederate Ireland refers to the period of Irish self-government between the Rebellion of 1641 and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. During this time, two-thirds of Ireland was governed by the Irish Catholic Confederation, also known as the "Confederation of Kilkenny"...
  
   (d.1668
  1668 in Ireland
  -Full date unknown:*Patrick D'Arcy, nationalist who wrote the constitution of Confederate Ireland ....
  
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