1676 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1676 in Ireland.
Events
- July 31 – the title Viscount Lanesborough is first created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of George Lane, 2nd Baronet, of Tulsk.
- August 28 – Irish Donation of 1676 is shipped from Dublin to relieve Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- Froinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh's Lucerna fidelium, seu, Fasciclus decerptus ab authoribus magis versatis qui tractarunt de doctrin a Christiana (Lochrann na gCreidmheach), an Irish language catechism of Catholic Church doctrine is published by the Congregation of Propaganda Fide in Rome.[1]
Births
- William Handcock, politician (d. 1723)
- John Rogerson, lawyer and politician (d. 1741)
- Owen Swiny, theatrical impresario and art dealer (d. 1754)
- Caleb Threlkeld, botanist (d. 1728)
- approximate date – John Moore, 1st Baron Moore, politician (d. 1725)
Deaths
- John-Baptist Hackett, Dominican theologian.
- Richard Lynch, Jesuit theologian (b. 1611)
References
- 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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