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Ireland during the period of 1536–1691 saw the first full conquest of the island by England and its colonisation with mostly Protestant settlers from Great Britain.This would eventually establish two central themes in future Irish history: subordination of the country to London-based governments and sectarian animosity between Catholics and Protestants.
Pages in category "16th century in Ireland" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Plantations in 16th- and 17th-century Ireland (Irish: Plandálacha na hÉireann) involved the confiscation of Irish-owned land by the English Crown and the colonisation of this land with settlers from Great Britain. The Crown saw the plantations as a means of controlling, anglicising and 'civilising' Gaelic Ireland.
The Tudor conquest (or reconquest) of Ireland took place during the 16th century under the Tudor dynasty, which ruled the Kingdom of England. The Anglo-Normans had conquered swathes of Ireland in the late 12th century, bringing it under English rule .
Pages in category "Years of the 16th century in Ireland" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Quin Abbey, a Franciscan friary built in the 15th century and suppressed in 1541 . The dissolutions in Ireland followed a very different course from those in England and Wales. There were around 400 religious houses in Ireland in 1530 – many more, relative to population and material wealth than in England and Wales.
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.
The 16th century began with the Julian year 1501 ... 1547: Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.