Events from the year 1601 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Monarch: Elizabeth I
Events
January – Nine Years' War: John Óge Burke is captured, and later executed. October 2 – Siege of Kinsale begins. November 30 – Prince Hugh Roe O'Donnell, on his way to the Battle of Kinsale, visits and venerates a relic of the True Cross (Holy rood) on the Feast of St. Andrew, at Holy Cross Abbey. Moyry Castle built.
Births
Deaths
April – Emon O'Reilly, King of East Breifne
June – John Óge Burke, rebel soldier. November – James FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond, exiled noble (b. c.1570) Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde, noble. John Chardon, Church of Ireland Bishop of Down and Connor.