1708 in Ireland

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[edit] Events

• The original wooden Belfast Castle, the home of Sir Arthur Chichester, baron of Belfast, is burned down.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet, landowner and politician.
• Francis Makemie, clergyman, considered to be the founder of Presbyterianism in United States of America (b.1658).