1576 in Ireland

Events from the year 1576 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events

 * March 9 – Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, is appointed Earl Marshal of Ireland.
 * April – Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, shires Connacht into counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.
 * June – the rebel sons of Richard Burke, Earl of Clanricarde, attack Athenry. They are captured and imprisoned in Dublin but escape.
 * June 20 – Sir William Drury is appointed President of Munster.
 * September – the Earl of Essex returns to Dublin but dies within three weeks of dysentery.

Births

 * Approximate date – Anthony Lynch, Dominican (d. after 1636)

Deaths

 * September 22 – Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, Earl Marshal of Ireland (b. 1541)