1654 in Ireland
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Events
- English Parliamentarian supporters take control of Galway Corporation, dismissing the previous urban elite as "the Tribes of Galway".
- The Fraternity of Physicians of Trinity Hall, predecessor of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, is established in Dublin by Prof. John Stearne.
- William Edmondson establishes what is probably the first Quaker Meeting in Ireland at his house in Lurgan.
- 24 December - William Petty contracts to undertake an accurate survey of Ireland (the "Down Survey").
Births
- 28 May - Thomas Handcock, politician (d.1726).
- 4 August - Thomas Brodrick, politician (d.1730).
- 11 September - William Handcock, lawyer and politician (d.1701).
- Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet, lawyer and politician (d.1714).
- Thomas Bligh, politician (d.1710).
Deaths
- 5 May - Thomas Walsh, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel, in exile.
- 12 May - William Tirry, martyred Roman Catholic priest, executed (b.1609).
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