1684 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1684 in Ireland.
Events
- February 18 – "Court of grace" appointed to enquire into tithes on land.[1]
- March 25 – Royal Hospital Kilmainham is completed in Dublin as a home for retired soldiers, to the design of Sir William Robinson.[1]
- Jeremiah O'Donovan's landownings in County Cork are erected by royal letters patent into the Manor of the Leap.
- The regiment which becomes the Royal Irish Regiment is formed from independent companies by Arthur Forbes, Viscount Granard (who is elevated to Earl of Granard this year).
- Historian Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh (Roderic O'Flaherty) compiles his Chorographical description of West or Iar Connacht[1] for William Molyneux.
Births
- February 20 – Edward Bayly, landowner and politician (d. 1741)
Deaths
- February 25 – Richard Nugent, 2nd Earl of Westmeath, noble and military commander (b. 1621/3)
- July – Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman, and diplomat (b. 1623)
- Murrough Ó Laoí, physician.
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References
- Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
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