1600 in Ireland
Events from the year 1600 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- January – Nine Years' War against England is renewed by Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, with an invasion of Munster.
- 27 January – Colonel Richard Wingfield is made Marshal of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth.
- 18 February – Nine Years' War: Rebel cavalry in Munster led by Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh) are intercepted and their leaders killed.
- 15 May – Nine Years' War: Chief Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill betrays the Irish alliance and allows Henry Docwra to land at Lough Foyle with an expeditionary force of 4,000 men. In a devastating blow to the rebels, Docwra sets up a series of fortifications along the River Foyle, cutting access between Tír Eoghain and Tyrconnell.
- 20 September - 9 October: the Battle of Moyry Pass is fought. Lord Mountjoy's English forces eventually break through Hugh O'Neill's defences in County Armagh and establish a short-lived garrison at Mountnorris but later retreat.
Births
- Aedh O'Rourke, son of Tadhg O'Rourke of West Breifne and Mary O'Donnell of Tyrconnell.
- Heber MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher
- Terence Albert O'Brien, Roman Catholic Bishop of Emly,
- John Temple, judge and politician
- Approximate date
- *John Colgan, hagiographer and historian
- *James Dillon, Confederate officer
- *Piaras Feiritéar, poet and harpist
- *Rory O'Moore, landowner, noble and rebel leader
Deaths
- 18 February – Hugh Maguire, Lord of Fermanagh and prominent rebel leader, is killed in Munster.
- Baothghalach Mór Mac Aodhagáin, poet