1664 in Ireland

Events from the year 1664 in Ireland.

1664
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1640s
  • 1650s
  • 1660s
  • 1670s
  • 1680s
See also:Other events of 1664
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent

  • Monarch: Charles II

Events

  • St Stephen's Green, Dublin, enclosed for building.
  • St. Bride's Church is completed following the uniting of the parishes of St Stephen, St Michael Le Pole and St Bride.
  • Portmore Castle is erected near the shores of Portmore Lough in County Antrim.

Publications

  • Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery's plays The General and Henry V.
  • Sir James Ware's history Rerum Hibernicarum Annales ab Anno Domini 1485 ad Annum 1558.[1]

Births

  • Almeric de Courcy, 23rd Baron Kingsale, peer (d. 1720)

Deaths

  • March 5 – Wentworth FitzGerald, 17th Earl of Kildare, politician (b. 1634)

References

  1. 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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