1601 in Ireland
overview of Ireland-related events during the year of 1601
Events from the year 1601 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Monarch: Elizabeth I
Events
January – Nine Years' War: John Óge Burke is captured, and later executed.
September 19 – Fourth Spanish Armada makes landfall at Kinsale.
October 2 – Siege of Kinsale by Spanish forces begins.
November 30 – Prince Hugh Roe O'Donnell, on his way to the Battle of Kinsale, visits and venerates a relic of the True Cross (Holy rood) on the Feast of St. Andrew, at Holy Cross Abbey.
December 6 – The Battle of Castlehaven is fought off the south coast of Ireland as six Spanish navy ships led by General Pedro de Zubiaur are intercepted by an English fleet of four warships led and commanded by Sir Richard Levenson. Two of the Spanish ships are sunk and the other four are run aground.
Moyry Castle built.
Deaths
April – Emon O'Reilly, King of East Breifne
June – John Óge Burke, rebel soldier.
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