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1686 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1686 in Ireland.

Incumbent

  • Monarch: James II

Events

  • January 9 – Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, sworn as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Dublin.
  • March 22 – warrant issued by King James II of England for payments to Roman Catholic bishops.
  • April 6 – Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh) is replaced as Lord Chancellor of Ireland (after serving for twenty years) by Sir Charles Porter.
  • April 20–April 24 – three Roman Catholic judges are appointed to Ireland (but Charles Ingleby refuses to travel there).
  • June 5–October 26 – the Roman Catholic Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, serves in Ireland as commander in chief of the army.
  • October 26 – the Roman Catholic lawyer and politician Richard Nagle writes the 'Coventry letter' to Tyrconnell attacking land settlement in Ireland.
  • December – Sir Richard Nagle is appointed Attorney-General for Ireland.

Arts and literature

  • February – first known music printed in Ireland.
  • Jonathan Swift is granted his BA from Trinity College Dublin ex speciali gratia.

Births

  • March 22 – James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (d.1744)
  • December 23 – Samuel Madden, clergyman and writer (d.1765)
  • Chaworth Brabazon, 6th Earl of Meath (d.1763)

Deaths

  • April 6 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, royal statesman (b.1614)

References

References

  1. (1989). "A New History of Ireland. '''8''': A Chronology of Irish History". Oxford University Press.
  2. Advertisement in the ''News-letter'' (Dublin).
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