1601 in Ireland

Events from the year 1601 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events

 * January – Nine Years' War: John Óge Burke is captured, and later executed.
 * October 2 – Siege of Kinsale begins.
 * November 30 – Prince Hugh Roe O'Donnell, on his way to the Battle of Kinsale, visits and venerates a relic of the True Cross (Holy rood) on the Feast of St. Andrew, at Holy Cross Abbey.
 * Moyry Castle built.

Deaths

 * April – Emon O'Reilly, King of East Breifne
 * June – John Óge Burke, rebel soldier.
 * November – James FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond, exiled noble (b. c.1570)
 * Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde, noble.
 * John Chardon, Church of Ireland Bishop of Down and Connor.