1563 in Ireland

Events from the year 1563 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events

 * April–September 11 – Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, based in Armagh, campaigns against Shane O'Neill.
 * May 18 – commission for administration of the Oath of Supremacy to all ecclesiastics and state servants.
 * After September (possible year) – introduction of the potato to Ireland by John Hawkins.

Births

 * May – Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, English administrator and soldier, Lord Deputy of Ireland (d. 1625)
 * Approximate date – Niall Ó Glacáin, physician (d. 1653)

Deaths

 * Diarmuid Mac Bruideadha, poet.