1691 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- 12 July - Williamite War in Ireland: Battle of Aughrim
- August–October - Williamite War in Ireland: Siege of Limerick
- 3 October - Treaty of Limerick ends the Williamite War. The Flight of the Wild Geese — the departure of the Jacobite army — follows.
[edit] Births
- Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill, an Irish language poet, in Churchtown, County Cork.
[edit] Deaths
- August - Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn, Jacobite and soldier, fought at the Battle of the Boyne (b.1659).[1]
- 18 September - Giles Alington, 4th Baron Alington (b.1680).
- 30 December - Robert Boyle, natural philosopher (b.1627)
[edit] Full date unknown
- James Lally, landowner and politician.
[edit] References
- ^ Cokayne, George E.: "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; Extant, Extinct, or Dormant", page 153.
