1534 in Ireland

Incumbent

• Lord: Henry VIII

Events

• February – Gerald FitzGerald, [9th Earl of Kildare], is summoned to London, and appoints Thomas FitzGerald, [10th Earl of Kildare] deputy governor of Ireland in his absence.
• June – Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare revolts. He had heard rumours that his father had been executed in the Tower of London and, as a result, publicly renounces his allegiance to King Henry [VIII of England|Henry VIII].
• July
• * Thomas FitzGerald attacks Dublin Castle, but his army is routed.
• * An List of [earthquakes in the British Isles|earthquake] with its epicentre in North Wales is felt in Dublin.
• July 28 – Archbishop John Alen, Chancellor of Ireland is murdered at Clontarf by retainers of Thomas FitzGerald.
• September 2 – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, Thomas' father, dies in the Tower of London.

Deaths

• September 2 – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
• Thomas FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Desmond
• John Alen, English-born canon lawyer, Archbishop of Dublin.