1669 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1669 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: Charles II
Events
- March 8 – James Lynch is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam (consecrated at Ghent 6 May (16 May NS)).
- March 26 – a royal charter is granted to the trust established by Erasmus Smith for the provision of grammar schools in Ireland,[1] under which
- Drogheda Grammar School is founded.[2]
- The King's Hospital is endowed as The Hospital and Free School of King Charles II in Dublin.[3]
- May–August – George Fox, founder of the Quakers, visits Ireland.[1] William Penn also returns to Ireland this year.[4]
- Primate of All Ireland (consecrated at Ghent 21 November (1 December NS)).[1]
- One of a pair of gold sun-discs from ca. 2500–2150 BCE is found at Ballyshannon.[5][6]
Births
- Lord 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
- Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh, politician.
- Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet, soldier (b. 1632?)
References
- ^ ISBN 0198217447.
- ^ "History of Drogheda Grammar School". Drogheda Grammar School. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ "History & Traditions". The King's Hospital. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ Penn, William (1952). Grubb, Isabel (ed.). My Irish Journal, 1669–1670. London: Longmans.
- Camden's Britannia. 1695 edn.
- ^ "Ballyshannon 'Sun Disc'". Oxford: Ashmolean Museum. Retrieved 2022-10-29.