1569 in Ireland

Events from the year 1569 in Ireland.

• Monarch: Elizabeth I

• Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan leads a revolt against the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir Henry Sidney, in Leinster.

• Niall Garve O'Donnell (Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill), last Prince of Tyrconnell (d. 1626)
• Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn), Roman Catholic priest, poet and historian (d. c.1644)