1669 in Ireland

Events from the year 1669 in Ireland.

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Decades:
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See also:Other events of 1669
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: Charles II

Events
  • January 11 – Peter Talbot is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland (consecrated at Antwerp 29 April (9 May New Style)).[1]
  • March 8 – James Lynch is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam (consecrated at Ghent 6 May (16 May NS)).
  • March 26 – a royal charter is granted to the trust established by Erasmus Smith for the provision of grammar schools in Ireland,[1] under which
    • Drogheda Grammar School is founded.[2]
    • The King's Hospital is endowed as The Hospital and Free School of King Charles II in Dublin.[3]
  • May–August – George Fox, founder of the Quakers, visits Ireland.[1] William Penn also returns to Ireland this year.[4]
  • July 9 – Oliver Plunkett is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (consecrated at Ghent 21 November (1 December NS)).[1]
  • One of a pair of gold sun-discs from ca. 2500–2150 BCE is found at Ballyshannon.[5][6]

Births
  • July 12 – Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, Chancellor of the Exchequer of England and Lord Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1725)
  • Sir Tristram Beresford, 3rd Baronet, politician (d. 1701)
  • William Cairnes, merchant and politician (d. 1707)
  • Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane, soldier and politician (d. 1726)
  • Thomas Nugent, 4th Earl of Westmeath, soldier and noble (d. 1752)
  • William Southwell, soldier and politician (d. 1720)

Deaths
  • Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh, politician.
  • Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet, soldier (b. 1632?)

References
  1. Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1982). A Chronology of Irish History to 1976. A New History of Ireland, VIII. Oxford University Press. p. 246. ISBN 0198217447.
  2. "History of Drogheda Grammar School". Drogheda Grammar School. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  3. "History & Traditions". The King's Hospital. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  4. Penn, William (1952). Grubb, Isabel (ed.). My Irish Journal, 1669–1670. London: Longmans.
  5. Camden's Britannia. 1695 edn.
  6. "Ballyshannon 'Sun Disc'". Oxford: Ashmolean Museum. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
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