1600 in Ireland

Events from the year 1600 in Ireland.

Events

• February 18 - Nine Years' War: Rebel cavalry in Munster led by Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh) are intercepted and their leaders killed.
• September 20–October 9 - The Battle of Moyry Pass is fought. Lord Mountjoy's English forces eventually break through Hugh O'Neill's defences in County Armagh and establish a short-lived garrison at Mountnorris but later retreat.
• Colonel Sir Richard Wingfield is created Marshal of Ireland.

Births

• Heber MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d. 1650)
• Terence Albert O'Brien, Roman Catholic Bishop of Emly, (d. 1651)
• John Temple, judge and politician (d. 1677)
• Approximate date
  • John Colgan, hagiographer and historian (d. c.1657)
  • James Dillon, Confederate officer (d. after 1669)
  • Piaras Feiritéar, poet and harpist (d. 1653)
  • Rory O'Moore, landowner, noble and rebel leader (d. 1655)

Deaths

• February 18 - Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh), rebel clan leader.
• Baothghalach Mór Mac Aodhagáin, poet (b. 1550)