Events from the year 1570 in Ireland.
Incumbent
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Monarch
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Elizabeth I
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Events
*January –
William Oge Martyn is kidnapped by the
Earl of Thomond.
*April – Battle of
Shrule occurs.
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October 10 –
Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan surrenders his estate to
Elizabeth I of England
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in exchange for a pardon for his rebellion.
Births
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Col Ciotach, adventurer of
Clan Donald, Laird of
Colonsay (d.
1647)
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Tadhg mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha, Gaelic poet and historian (d.
1652)
Deaths
References
1570s in Ireland
Ireland
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Years of the 16th century in Ireland
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