1655 in Ireland

Events from the year 1655 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1630s
  • 1640s
  • 1650s
  • 1660s
  • 1670s
See also:Other events of 1655
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Lord Protector: Oliver Cromwell

Events
  • July – Henry Cromwell, son of Oliver, is appointed as major-general of the forces in Ireland and a member of the Irish council of state. After the Lord Deputy, Charles Fleetwood, departs for England in September, Henry Cromwell de facto takes over that role also.

Births
  • Approximate date
    • Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Baronet, politician (d.1701)
    • Henry Luttrell, soldier (d.1717) (killed)
    • Daniel Roseingrave, organist (d.1727)

Deaths
  • February 16 – Rory (Roger) O'Moore, principal organizer of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 (b. c.1620)
  • June 16 – James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane, peer (b.1633)[1]

References
  1. Cokayne, George Edward (1892). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. IV (1st ed.). London: George Bell and Sons. OCLC 1180828941. – G to K (for Hamilton of Strabane)
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