1602 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1602 in Ireland.
Events
- January 3 - Nine Years' War: The English defeat Irish rebels and their Spanish allies at the Siege of Kinsale.
- January 12 - Juan del Águila surrenders the Spanish troops in Ireland.
- June 5–18 - Nine Years' War: The English defeat Irish rebels at the Siege of Dunboy. The Jesuit chaplain Dominic Collins is arrested, tortured and hanged by the English at Youghal.[1]
- June - Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone abandons and burns his capital Dungannon.
Publications
- The first New Testament translation into Irish (Tiomna Nuadh), completed by William Daniel, Prebendary of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, is published.
Deaths
- August 17? - Sir Christopher Nugent, nobleman (b. 1544)
- September 10 - Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell, leader in the Nine Years War (b. 1572)
- October 31 - Dominic Collins, Catholic martyr (b. 1566)
- December 31 - Maoilín Óg Mac Bruaideadha, poet.
- Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan, rebel (b. 1534)
- Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret, nobleman (b. c.1562)
References
- ↑ Forristal, D. (1992). Dominic Collins: Irish martyr, Jesuit brother. Dublin.
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