1669 in Ireland
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Events from the year1669 in Ireland.
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
- January 11–Peter Talbotis appointedRoman CatholicArchbishop of DublinandPrimate of Ireland(consecratedatAntwerp29 April (9 MayNew Style)).[1]
- March 8–James Lynchis appointed Roman CatholicArchbishop of Tuam(consecrated atGhent6 May (16 May NS)).
- March 26– aroyal charteris granted to the trust established byErasmus Smithfor the provision ofgrammar schoolsin Ireland,[1]under which
- Drogheda Grammar Schoolis founded.[2]
- The King's Hospitalis endowed as The Hospital and Free School of King Charles II inDublin.[3]
- May–August –George Fox,founder of theQuakers,visits Ireland.[1]William Pennalso returns to Ireland this year.[4]
- July 9–Oliver Plunkettis appointed Roman CatholicArchbishop of ArmaghandPrimate of All Ireland(consecrated at Ghent 21 November (1 December NS)).[1]
- One of a pair of goldsun-discsfrom ca. 2500–2150 BCE is found atBallyshannon.[5][6]
Births[edit]
- July 12–Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton,Chancellor of the Exchequer of EnglandandLord Treasurer of Ireland(d.1725)
- Sir Tristram Beresford, 3rd Baronet,politician (d.1701)
- William Cairnes,merchant and politician (d.1707)
- Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane,soldier and politician (d.1726)
- Thomas Nugent, 4th Earl of Westmeath,soldier and noble (d.1752)
- William Southwell,soldier and politician (d.1720)
Deaths[edit]
- Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh,politician.
- Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet,soldier (b. 1632?)
References[edit]
- ^abcdMoody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1982).A Chronology of Irish History to 1976.A New History of Ireland, VIII. Oxford University Press. p. 246.ISBN0198217447.
- ^"History of Drogheda Grammar School".Drogheda Grammar School.Retrieved2012-08-30.
- ^"History & Traditions".The King's Hospital.Retrieved2012-08-30.
- ^Penn, William (1952). Grubb, Isabel (ed.).My Irish Journal, 1669–1670.London: Longmans.
- ^Camden'sBritannia.1695 edn.
- ^"Ballyshannon 'Sun Disc'".Oxford:Ashmolean Museum.Retrieved2022-10-29.