1698 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
[edit] Births
- 15 June - George Browne, soldier of fortune, became field-marshal in the Russian army (d.1792).
- Ross Roe MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh (d.1748).
[edit] Deaths
- 15 January - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, cavalier and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b.1612).
- January - Dáibhí Ó Bruadair, poet (b.1625).
- 11 October - William Molyneux, natural philosopher and writer, founded the Dublin Philosophical Society (b.1656).
