1562 in Ireland
Events from the year 1562 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- January 6 – [Shane O'Neill dynasty|O'Neill (Irish chieftain)|Shane O'Neill] pleads his cause at the Palace of Whitehall in London before Elizabeth I of England, who recognises him as "The O'Neill" and "of Tír Eoghain". He returns to Ireland on 26 May.
- April 12 – Brian O'Neill is murdered by his kinsman Turlough Luineach O'Neill and is succeeded as chief of the O'Neills by his brother Hugh.
- November – Séan Ó Néill lays waste to Maguire's Country.
- The stone bridge and west gate at Galway is completed by Thomas Óge Martyn.
Births
- Henry FitzGerald, 12th Earl of Kildare, nobleman and soldier
- Murrough O'Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin, nobleman
- John Rider, Latin lexicographer and Anglican Bishop of Killaloe from 1612 to 1632
- Approximate date
- *Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret, nobleman
- *Muircheartach Óg Ó Cíonga, writer and priest