1700 in Ireland

Events from the year 1700 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1680s
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
See also:Other events of 1700
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: William III

Events
Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester
  • December 28 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[1][2]

Arts and literature
  • c. March – the Yellow Book of Lecan is acquired by antiquary Edward Lhuyd.
  • An edition of the late 16th-century Scots poet Alexander Montgomerie's The Cherrie and the Slae is printed in Ulster.

Births
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  • James Arbuckle, poet and critic (d. 1742)[3]
  • Daniel O'Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d. 1778)
  • James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown, politician (d. 1770)
  • William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, peer and politician (d. 1777)

Deaths
  • Sir William Gore, 3rd Baronet.

References
  1. John Cannon (2004). A Dictionary of British History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-158022-2.
  2. Court-Register and Statesmans Remembrancer. G. Robinson. 1782. p. 66.
  3. Leslie Stephen; Sir Sidney Lee (1885). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 2. Macmillan. p. 58.
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