1704 in Ireland

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See also:Other events of 1704
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1704 in Ireland.

Incumbent[]

  • Monarch: Anne

Events[]

  • Registration Act, an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of Penal Laws, requires all existing Roman Catholic priests to register in their local magistrates' court by July 20, to pay two £50 surety bonds for good behavior, and to stay in the county where they registered, with a financial inducement to convert to the Church of Ireland.[1]
  • A House of Industry opens in Dublin to accommodate the destitute.[2]
  • October 26 – Richard Levinge, member of the Irish House of Commons, is created 1st Levinge Baronet, of High Park in the County of Westmeath.[3]
  • Thomas Taylor, member of the Irish House of Commons, is created 1st Taylor Baronet, of Kells in the County of Meath.

Arts and literature[]

  • George Farquhar co-writes the play The Stage Coach.[4]
  • Jonathan Swift publishes his first major satires, A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, in London.[5]

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • January 1 – Dominic Burke Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin.
  • February 20 – Thomas FitzWilliam, 4th Viscount FitzWilliam, statesman (b. c.1640)
  • c. February – Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet, politician.
  • August – Francis Taaffe, 3rd Earl of Carlingford, courtier and soldier.
  • November – Henry Nugent, soldier.

References[]

  1. ^ 2 Ann c.7. "An Act for registering the Popish Clergy". Laws In Ireland For The Suppression of Popery. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
  2. ^ Burke, Helen (1987). The People and the Poor Law in 19th Century Ireland. Littlehampton: Women's Education Bureau. pp. 9–10.
  3. ^ Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.
  4. ^ Farquhar, George (1914). Strauss, Louis A. (ed.). 'A Discourse Upon Comedy', 'The Recruiting Officer' and 'The Beaux’ Stratagem'. Boston, Mass.: D. C. Heath & Co. p. x.
  5. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 290. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
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