1671 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1671 in Ireland.
Incumbent[]
- Monarch: Charles II
Events[]
- January 18 – Royalist Sir Richard Talbot petitions King Charles II on behalf of the Catholic nobility and gentry.[1]
- March 13 – the Parliament of England addresses the King against the growth of popery.[1]
- April 22 – Navigation Act passed by the Parliament of England prohibits direct imports from the English colonies to Ireland.[1]
- May 26 – John O'Mollony is appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe.
- June 10 – the King permits Sir George Hamilton to raise a regiment for service in France.[1]
- August 1 – Prince Rupert of the Rhine heads his first commission into land settlement in Ireland.[1]
- August 4 – Viscount Ranelagh undertakes to manage revenues of the Crown in Ireland.
- December 5 – Royal charter granted to The King's Hospital (Blue Coat School) in Dublin.[1]
Births[]
- Jonathan Smedley, religious opportunist and satirical victim who engaged in polemic with Jonathan Swift and the Tory party (d.1729)
Deaths[]
- January – Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh, scribe, translator, historian and genealogist (murdered).
- April – William Caulfeild, 1st Viscount Charlemont (b. 1624)
- June – William St Lawrence, 12th Baron Howth (b. 1628)
- October - Samuel Mather (Independent minister) (b. 1626 in England) - nonconformist minister
References[]
Categories:
- 1671 in Ireland
- 1670s in Ireland
- Years of the 17th century in Ireland
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