Events from the year 1576 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Elizabeth I Events 9 March – Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, is appointed Earl Marshal of Ireland. April – Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, shires Connacht into counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. June – the rebel sons of Richard Burke, Earl of Clanricarde, attack Athenry. They are captured and imprisoned in Dublin but escape. 20 June – Sir William Drury is appointed President of Munster. September – the Earl of Essex returns to Dublin but dies within three weeks of dysentery.
Births Approximate date – Anthony Lynch, Dominican (d. after 1636)
Deaths 22 September – Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, Earl Marshal of Ireland (b. 1541)
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