1596 in Ireland

Events from the year 1596 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events

 * June – Sir John Norreys and Sir Geoffrey Fenton travel from England to Connacht to parley with the local lords.
 * An envoy of King Philip II of Spain arrives to make inquiries of survivors of the Spanish Armada in Ireland but is successful in only eight cases.

Deaths

 * Donald McCarthy, Earl of Clancare, noble.