1667 in Ireland

Events from the year 1667 in Ireland.

1667
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1640s
  • 1650s
  • 1660s
  • 1670s
  • 1680s
See also:Other events of 1667
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent

  • Monarch: Charles II

Events

  • William Penn attends meetings of the Quakers in Cork, marking his conversion.[1]

Births

  • November 30 – Jonathan Swift, cleric, satirist, essayist and poet (d.1745)
  • Christian Davies, soldier (d.1739)

Deaths

  • June 23 – Lady Alice Boyle, later Alice Barry, Countess of Barrymore (b.1607)

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 31 August 2012. (subscription or UK public library membership required)


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