1677 in Ireland
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Events from the year1677 in Ireland.
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
- 24 August–James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde,is again sworn in asLord Lieutenant of Ireland.[1]
- Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford,is created 1stEarl of Longfordin thePeerage of Ireland.
- Richard Jones, Viscount Ranelagh,is created 1st (and only) Earl of Ranelagh in the Peerage of Ireland.
- Laurence Parsons is created Sir Laurence Parsons, 1stBaronet,ofBirr Castlein theKing's County,in theBaronetage of Ireland.
- Froinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh'sGrammatica Latino-Hibernica nunc compendiata,the first printed grammar of theIrish language(inLatin), is published by theCongregation of Propaganda FideinRome.[1]
Births[edit]
- Approximate date –Richard FitzWilliam, 5th Viscount FitzWilliam,nobleman and politician (d.1743)
- 1677 or 1678 –George Farquhar,dramatist (d.1707)
Deaths[edit]
- September –Richard Bellings,lawyer and Confederate politician (b.1677)
- 14 November–John Temple,judge and politician (b.1600)
- 21 December–John Parry,Church of IrelandBishop of Ossory.
- 31 December–Theobald Taaffe, 1st Earl of Carlingford,Royalist soldier and courtier (b. c.1603)
- Francis de Bermingham,Baron Athenry.
- Froinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh,Franciscanfriar and linguist (b. c.1605)
- Probable date –John Lynch (Gratianus Lucius),Roman Catholic priest and historian (b.1599?)
References[edit]
- ^abMoody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989).A New History of Ireland.8:A Chronology of Irish History.Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-19-821744-2.