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Events from the year 1539 in Ireland.
Events
- The Geraldine League is founded by Manus O'Donnell and Conn O'Neill and begins its invasion of The Pale.[1][2][3]
- Dissolution of the Monasteries continues including the start of suppression of those within The Pale.[1] Establishments surrendered include:
- Ardee Priory Hospital (6 December) and White Friars Priory.
- Arklow Priory.
- Athboy Friary.
- Athy Priory (30 April).
- Bangor Abbey.
- Cloncurry Friary (30 April).
- Clonmines Friary.
- Dundalk Priory Hospital (23 November).
- Enniscorthy Abbey and Priory.
- Fore Abbey (27 November).
- Graney Abbey, Co. Kildare (7 February).
- Grey Abbey, Kildare (30 April).
- White Abbey, Kildare (April).
- Kells Monastery, Co. Meath.
- Kilcullen Abbey (by 30 April).
- Killodry Priory.
- Knock Abbey, Co. Louth.
- Lismullin Priory, Co. Meath.
- Louth Priory (20 November).
- Mellifont Abbey (23 July).
- Mullingar Priory (28 November).
- Naas Priory (26 July).
- Navan Abbey.
- Odder Priory, Co. Meath.
- Portrane Priory.
- Priory Hospital of St. John the Baptist, Drogheda (26 July).
- Priory Hospital of St. John the Baptist, Newtown Trim.
- Rosbercon Abbey (20 June).
- St. Catherine's Priory, Co. Dublin (25 June).
- St. Catherine's Priory, Waterford.
- St. John the Baptist Hospital, Dublin.
- St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin (28 October).
- St. Mary's Carmelite Friary, Dublin (3 August).
- St. Saviour Dominican Friary, Dublin.
- Skreen Friary.
- Termonfeckin Abbey.
- Tintern Abbey (County Wexford) (seized 25 July).
- Tipperary Friary (7 April).
- Tristernagh Abbey (by 10 December).
- Lands at Monkstown, County Dublin, granted to Sir John Travers, Master of the Ordnance in Ireland.
Deaths
- August 26 – Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde, Lord Treasurer (b. c.1467)
References
- ^ a b Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
- ^ Connolly, Sean J. (2002-01-01). "The Oxford Companion to Irish History". doi:10.1093/acref/9780199234837.001.0001. ISBN 9780199234837.
- ^ Bradshaw, Brendan. (1979). The Irish constitutional revolution of the sixteenth century. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521222060. OCLC 905669712.