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List of events
Events from the year 1537 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
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February 3 – the rebel
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare ("Silken Thomas"), imprisoned in the
Tower of London, is
hanged, drawn and quartered, with his five uncles, at
Tyburn.
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September 7 – Walter Cowley is appointed
Principal Solicitor for Ireland.
- c. October – the
Parliament of Ireland approves the
Act of Supremacy by passing An Act authorising the King, His Heirs and Successors, to be supreme Head of the Church of Ireland and legislation enforcing
Dissolution of the Monasteries together with the
Treason Act (Ireland) 1537.
- Religious institutions suppressed include:
Abbeydorney Abbey;
Athassel Priory; Ballybroggan Priory; Crutched Friars Priory Hospital,
Limerick;
Rosenallis Monastery;
St. Mary's Abbey, Duleek; and
Sherkin Friary.
- Act prevents obstruction to navigation on the
River Nore by weirs.
- Approximate date – Kilmacrenan Friary established.
Births
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Deaths
References
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^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.