1684 in Ireland

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See also:Other events of 1684
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1684 in Ireland.

Incumbent[]

  • Monarch: Charles II

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[]

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.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c 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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