1686 in Ireland

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See also:Other events of 1686
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1686 in Ireland.

Incumbent[]

  • Monarch: James II

Events[]

  • January 9 – Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, sworn as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Dublin.[1]
  • March 22 – warrant issued by King James II of England for payments to Roman Catholic bishops.[1]
  • April 6 – Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh) is replaced as Lord Chancellor of Ireland (after serving for twenty years) by Sir Charles Porter.[1]
  • April 20–April 24 – three Roman Catholic judges are appointed to Ireland[1] (but Charles Ingleby refuses to travel there).
  • June 5–October 26 – the Roman Catholic Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, serves in Ireland as commander in chief of the army.[1]
  • October 26 – the Roman Catholic lawyer and politician Richard Nagle writes the 'Coventry letter' to Tyrconnell attacking land settlement in Ireland.[1]
  • December – Sir Richard Nagle is appointed Attorney-General for Ireland.

Arts and literature[]

  • February – first known music printed in Ireland.[2]
  • Jonathan Swift is granted his BA from Trinity College Dublin ex speciali gratia.

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • April 6 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, royal statesman (b.1614)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f 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.
  2. ^ Advertisement in the News-letter (Dublin).
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