1680 in Ireland
Events from the year 1680 in Ireland.
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Incumbent
- Monarch: Charles II
Events
- 29 April – construction of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin as a home for retired soldiers begins to the design of Sir William Robinson.[1]
- 23 July–24 July – trial of Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, at Dundalk for conspiracy in the supposed "Popish Plot" ends without indictment[1] and on 24 October he is transferred to London.
- English antiquarian Thomas Dingley tours Ireland.[1]
- Edmund Borlase's The History of the execrable Irish Rebellion is published.[1]
Arts and literature
- The poem-book Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe is transcribed by Ruairí Ó hUiginn of Sligo at the command of Cormac Ó Neill.
Births
- 4 October – Giles Alington, 4th Baron Alington (d.1691)
Deaths
- 30 July – Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, soldier and politician (b.1634)
- 23 August – Thomas Blood, soldier, tried to steal the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London in 1671 (b.1618)
- September or October – William Steele, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b.1610)
- c. 15 November – Peter Talbot, imprisoned Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland (b.1620?)
References
- 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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