1558 in Ireland

Events

• November 17 – the Protestant Elizabeth I succeeds as Queen of England and Ireland upon the death of her Catholic half-sister Mary. The Elizabethan Religious Settlement follows.
• Sorley Boy MacDonnell obtains lordship of the clan territory in Antrim from James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg.

  Births

Deaths

• Autumn – Richard St Lawrence, 7th Baron Howth, nobleman and soldier
• October 27 – James FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond.
• November 17 – Mary I, Queen of Ireland
• Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Cahir.