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Events from the year1582 in Ireland.

• Monarch:Elizabeth I

• April – after three years ofscorched earth warfare, the provost marshal ofMunster, SirWarham St Leger, estimates that 30,000 people died of famine in his province during the previous six months and hundreds are dying inCork.
• July –Lord Grey,Lord Deputy of Ireland, is recalled toEngland. SirHenry Wallop andAdam Loftus,Archbishop of Dublin, are appointed lords justices responsible for the government of Ireland to succeed him.
• September –Fiach McHugh O'Byrne surrenders, ending theSecond Desmond Rebellion inLeinster.
• Ulick Burke secures succession to his father as 3rdEarl of Clanricarde by murdering his brother, John of the Shamrocks, and affirming his loyalty to QueenElizabeth I of England.

• approx. date –Ambrose Ussher,Church of Ireland clergyman and Biblical scholar (d.1629)

• 13 April –Nicholas Nugent, formerChief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas (b. c.1525) (hanged for treason).
• 24 July –Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde, peer.
• John of Desmond, rebel noble (killed in skirmish).
• Maoilin Mac Bruideadha, poet.

• March – traditional melodyCailín Óg a Stór first on record.^[1]
• AnnalMemoranda Gadelica begins.

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