1588 in Ireland

1588 in Ireland

Events

*28 June - Sir Valentine Browne, Knight purchases estates, including the Lakes of Killarney, from the estate of Donald Maccarty, 1st Earl of Clancare.
*Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and father of Robert Boyle arrives in Ireland as an entrepreneur.
*Much of the retreating Spanish Armada gets washed up on the Irish coast.

Births

* Luke Wadding, Franciscan friar and historian (d. 1657)

Deaths


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