1556 in Ireland

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Decades:
1530s • 1540s • 1550s • 1560s • 1570s
Centuries:
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See also: Other events of 1556
List of years in Ireland


[edit] Events

  • The Plantation of King's County (now County Offaly) and Queen's County (now County Laois), the earliest attempt at systematic ethnic cleansing by the English in Ireland, started. The plantations were named after the new Catholic monarchs Philip and Mary respectively.


[edit] References

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