Vice Admiral of Connaught | |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Type | Naval administration |
Role | Admiralty court and Naval Jurisdiction. |
This is a list of the vice-admirals of Connaught, the province of Connacht in the west of Ireland.
Prior to 1585 the whole of Ireland was served by a single vice-admiral, namely Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1558–1565), Gerald Fitzgerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (1564–1573) and Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde (1585). Separate vice-admiralties were then established for Munster in 1585, for Ulster by 1602, for Leinster by 1612 and for Connaught by 1615.[1]