1556 in Ireland

1556 in Ireland

Events

* The Plantation of King's County (now County Offaly) and Queen's County (now County Laois), the earliest attempt at systematic ethnic cleansing by the English in Ireland, started. The plantations were named after the new Catholic monarchs Philip and Mary respectively.

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