1544 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1544 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: Henry VIII

Events

• July 19 – September 18: First Siege of Boulogne in France during the Italian War of 1542–1546.^[1] An Irish contingent serving with the English army is led by Piers Power, 2nd Lord Le Power and Curraghmore^[2] who is fatally wounded.^[3]
• The Annals of Connacht end.^[2]

Births

• Christopher Nugent, noble (d. 1602)

Deaths

• c. March – Ulick na gCeann Burke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde, Clanricarde.

References

1. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 147–150. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
2. Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
3. Toler, Grace Cabot Blood, "Addenda To the Genealogical Record Of the Descendants of Richard Blood..." (PDF), The Power (LePoer) Genealogy, p. 2, retrieved 2013-02-11