1659 in Ireland

Events

• 3 September - Richard Cromwell proclaimed Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of Oliver Cromwell.

Births

• September - Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn, Jacobite and soldier, fought at the Battle of the Boyne (d.1691).
• 28 October - Nicholas Brady, Anglican divine and poet (d.1726).