1543 in Ireland

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Events

April 19 – George Dowdall is nominated as Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) by King Henry VIII of England following the death of George Cromer; he is consecrated in December.
July 1
- Murrough O'Brien surrenders his Irish royalty to King Henry VIII of England and in the same year becomes a member of the Privy Council of England and is raised to the Peerage of Ireland as 1st Earl of Thomond and 1st Baron Inchiquin^[1] and may have reconstructed Dromoland Castle.
- Ulick na gCeann Burke is created 1st Baron of Dunkellin and 1st Earl of Clanricarde in the Peerage of Ireland.
November 10 – Thomas Butler is created 1st Baron of Caher in the Peerage of Ireland.^[2]
The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act shires these two counties.

↑ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1896). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (S to T). 7 (1st ed.). London: Bell. p. 391. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
↑ Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 96.

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