Events from the year 1578 in Ireland.
Incumbent Monarch: Elizabeth I
Events In retaliation for the Massacre of Mullaghmast, Rory Óg Ó Moore, leader of the Ó Moore clan in County Laois, burns Carlow, but is hunted down and trapped. The ship Emanuel, returning from Martin Frobisher's third voyage to Frobisher Bay, is wrecked at Ard na Caithne. Barnabe Rich publishes Alarme to England.
Births 14 December – Joan Apsley, first wife of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (d. 1599)
Deaths June – Rory Óg Ó Moore, rebel leader (killed and beheaded).
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