1578 in Ireland
# 1578 in Ireland

Events from the year 1578 in Ireland.

## Incumbent

* Monarch: Elizabeth I

## Events

* In retaliation for the Massacre of Mullaghmast, Rory Óg Ó Moore, leader of the Ó Moore clan in County Laois, burns Carlow, but is hunted down and trapped.
* The ship Emanuel, returning from Martin Frobisher's third voyage to Frobisher Bay, is wrecked at Ard na Caithne.
* Barnabe Rich publishes Alarme to England [sic].

## Births

* 14 December – Joan Apsley, first wife of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (d. 1599)

## Deaths

* June – Rory Óg Ó Moore, rebel leader (killed and beheaded).
