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1666 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1666 in Ireland.

Incumbent

  • Monarch: Charles II

Events

  • February – William Penn moves from London to Ireland to manage his father's estates. In May, he is involved in suppressing a mutiny in the English garrison at Carrickfergus.
  • The Parliament of Ireland meets for the last time until 1692 (apart from the Patriot Parliament of 1689).
  • Lord Maurice Roche of Castletownroche in County Cork loses his entire estate to Lieutenant Colonel John Widenham who receives the Castle as a reward for his loyalty to the Crown. The Castle of the Roches is thus renamed "Castle Widenham".

Births

  • Approximate date – Richard Pockrich, landowner, military commander and politician (d.1719)

Deaths

  • August – Richard Burke, 6th Earl of Clanricarde, peer.
  • December 1 – Sir James Ware, historian, politician and Auditor general for Ireland (b.1594)
  • Sir Oliver Óge French, Galway merchant.
  • Raymond Caron, O.M.R., Franciscan friar and writer (b.1605)
  • Approximate date – Thomas Arthur, physician (b.1593)

References

References

  1. Geiter, Mary K.. (2004). "Penn, William (1644–1718)". Oxford University Press.
  2. "History of Blackwater Castle". Blackwater Castle.
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