1666 in Ireland

1666
in
Ireland

Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1640s
  • 1650s
  • 1660s
  • 1670s
  • 1680s
See also:Other events of 1666
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1666 in Ireland.

Events

  • February – William Penn moves from London to Ireland to manage his father's estates. In May, he is involved in suppressing a mutiny in the English garrison at Carrickfergus.[1]
  • The Parliament of Ireland meets for the last time until 1692 (apart from the Patriot Parliament of 1689).
  • Lord Maurice Roche of Castletownroche in County Cork loses his entire estate to Lieutenant Colonel John Widenham who receives the Castle as a reward for his loyalty to the Crown. The Castle of the Roches is thus renamed "Castle Widenham".[2]

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Geiter, Mary K. (2004). "Penn, William (1644–1718)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21857. Retrieved 2012-08-31. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  2. "History of Blackwater Castle". Blackwater Castle. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
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