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April 25 - Shane O'Neill seeks aid for his cause from Charles IX of France.^[1]
c. June - Negotiations between Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll (chief of the Clan Campbell) and Shane O'Neill over the captivity of Sorley Boy MacDonnell.^[1]
August 2 or 3 - Shane O'Neill is proclaimed a traitor and a price is put on his head.^[1]
August - Shane O'Neill burns Armagh Cathedral in defiance of Archbishop Richard Creagh.^[1]
September 6 - An English expedition under Colonel Edward Randolph sets out from Bristol for Lough Foyle.^[1]
September 17–November 12 - Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, campaigns against O'Neill in Armagh, Tyrone and Tyrconnell, reaching Derry on October 12.^[1] Humphrey Gilbert serves under him at the start of the campaign.
October 26 - Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill becomes king of Tír Chonaill and The O'Donnell in succession to his half-brother Calvagh O'Donnell.^[1]
November - Shane O'Neill attacks the troops of Edward Randolph (who is killed) at Derry.^[1]

October 13 - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (died 1643)
Dominic Collins, Jesuit priest (d. 1602)
1566 or 1569 - Henry Fitzsimon, Jesuit controversialist (d. 1643 or 1645)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.

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