1670 in Ireland

Events from the year 1670 in Ireland.

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See also:Other events of 1670
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: Charles II

Events
  • February–April – William Penn visits the Quaker William Morris at Castle Salem, Cork.
  • March 7 – Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, sets foot on Irish soil for the first time in 23 years.
  • June 17 – Peter Talbot, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, holds his first provincial synod in Dublin.[1] It opens with Solemn High Mass, which for forty years many of the faithful have not witnessed. A subsequent assembly of the senior clergy produces a dispute over the Primacy of Ireland.
  • Barrack Bridge is constructed over the River Liffey in Dublin.[2]
  • William Robinson is appointed Surveyor General of Ireland.
  • First recognized precursor to modern Gaelic football is played in County Meath.[3]

Arts and literature
  • December 26 – upper gallery of the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin collapses for the first time.

Births
  • January 24 – William Congreve, English playwright (studies at Kilkenny School and Trinity College Dublin) (d. 1729)
  • November 30 – John Toland, philosopher (d. 1722)
  • Thomas Burgh, military engineer, architect and politician (d. 1730)
  • Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Baronet, politician (d. 1732)
  • Arthur Dillon, soldier in the French army (d. 1733)
  • Turlough O'Carolan, blind itinerant harpist, "The Last of the Bards" (d. 1738)
  • Aogán Ó Rathaille, poet (d. 1728)
  • Approximate date – Cornelius Ó Caoimh, Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick (d. 1737)

Deaths
  • William FitzWilliam, 3rd Viscount FitzWilliam, noble (b. c.1610)
  • Probable date – James Arthur, Dominican friar and theologian.

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. "The Bridges of Dublin City". Come Here To Me!: Dublin life & culture. 2010-06-30. Accessed 2012-08-30. 2012-02-21.
  3. "GAA.ie". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
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