1534 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1534 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Lord: Henry VIII

Events

• February – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, is summoned to London, and appoints Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare deputy governor of Ireland in his absence.
• June – Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (Silken Thomas) revolts.^[1] He had heard rumours that his father had been executed in the Tower of London and, as a result, publicly renounces his allegiance to King Henry VIII.
• July
  • Thomas FitzGerald attacks Dublin Castle, but his army is routed.
  • An earthquake with its epicentre in North Wales is felt in Dublin.^[2]
• July 28 – Archbishop John Alen, Chancellor of Ireland (who has attempted to mediate in the revolt) is murdered at Clontarf by retainers of Thomas FitzGerald.
• September 2 – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, Thomas' father, dies in the Tower of London.

Births

Deaths

• September 2 – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (b. 1487)
• Thomas FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Desmond
• John Alen, English-born canon lawyer, Archbishop of Dublin (b. 1476).^[3]

References

1. Moody, T.W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
2. "Notes on individual earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
3. "Alen, John (1476–1534), archbishop of Dublin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/377. Retrieved 3 April 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)