1534 in Ireland

Events from the year 1534 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Lord: Henry VIII

Events

 * February – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, is summoned to London, and appoints Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare deputy governor of Ireland in his absence.
 * June – Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (Silken Thomas) revolts. He had heard rumours that his father had been executed in the Tower of London and, as a result, publicly renounces his allegiance to King Henry VIII.
 * July
 * Thomas FitzGerald attacks Dublin Castle, but his army is routed.
 * An earthquake with its epicentre in North Wales is felt in Dublin.
 * July 28 – Archbishop John Alen, Chancellor of Ireland (who has attempted to mediate in the revolt) is murdered at Clontarf by retainers of Thomas FitzGerald.
 * September 2 – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, Thomas' father, dies in the Tower of London.

Deaths

 * September 2 – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (b. 1487)
 * Thomas FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Desmond
 * John Alen, English-born canon lawyer, Archbishop of Dublin (b. 1476).