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1598 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1598 in Ireland.

Incumbent

Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events

early June – Nine Years' War: Lord Treasurer Thomas Butler backs the claim of the exiled Tadhg O'Rourke for the kingship of West Breifne, causing King Brian Óg O'Rourke to defect back to the rebels.
7 June – Nine Years' War: The temporary ceasefire agreed between the Irish rebel lordships and the English in October 1597 expires.
14 August – Nine Years' War: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone's victory over an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal, at the Battle of the Yellow Ford.
October – Nine Years' War: Edmund Spenser's castle at Kilcolman, near Doneraile in North Cork, is burned down by O'Neill's native Irish forces. Spenser leaves for London shortly afterwards.

Births

Patrick D'Arcy, nationalist who wrote the constitution of Confederate Ireland (d. 1668).

Deaths

14 August – Henry Bagenal, Marshal of Ireland, is killed at Yellow Ford.
14 August – Maelmora O'Reilly, pretender to the kingship of East Breifne, is killed at Yellow Ford.

References

(1967). "The Course of Irish History". Mercier Press.

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