1678 in Ireland
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Events from the year1678 in Ireland.
Incumbent
[edit]Events
[edit]- 11 October–Peter Talbot,Roman CatholicArchbishop of DublinandPrimate of Ireland,having returned to Ireland in May, is arrested nearMaynoothon the orders ofJames Butler, Duke of Ormonde,Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,for supposed complicity in the "Popish Plot"and imprisoned inDublin Castle.[1]
- The vacantBishopric of Leighlinis given to theBishop of Kildareto form theRoman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.
- About 1,200 Irish families sail fromBarbadostoVirginiaand theCarolinas.
Births
[edit]- 26 September–Peter Lacy,soldier, imperial commander inRussia(d.1751)
- 1677 or 1678 –George Farquhar,dramatist (d.1707)
Deaths
[edit]- 23 August–Nicholas French,Bishop of Ferns, political activist and pamphleteer (b.1604)
References
[edit]- ^Clavin, Terry (2004)."Talbot, Peter (1618/1620–1680)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26937.Retrieved2012-08-30.(subscription orUK public library membershiprequired)