1593 in Ireland

Events from the year 1593 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events

 * 14 June – English explorer John Davis in the Desire makes landfall at Berehaven at the conclusion of the second Cavendish expedition.
 * 23 June – in a skirmish at Skeanavart in County Roscommon as part of Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh)'s raid into Connacht, Edmund MacGauran (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh) is among those killed.
 * Hugh Roe O'Donnell drives the English sheriff out of Tyrconnell and leads two expeditions against Turlough Luineach O'Neill.
 * Pirate queen Grace O'Malley meets with Queen Elizabeth I of England at Greenwich.
 * In Lisbon, John Houling, SJ, and Fr. Peter Fonseca establish the College of St. Patrick for the education of young Irish Roman Catholics.

Births

 * Thomas Arthur, physician (d. 1666?)
 * Thomas Fleming, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin (d. 1665)

Deaths

 * 4 March – Sir William Herbert, Welsh planter in Ireland.
 * 23 June – Edmund MacGauran, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh (b. c.1547)
 * Edward Fitz-Symon, Attorney General for Ireland (b. c.1530)
 * Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Chief of Iar Connacht.