1659 in Ireland

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1659
in
Ireland

Decades:	1630s • 1640s • 1650s • 1660s • 1670s
Centuries:	15th • 16th • 17th • 18th • 19th
See also:	Other events of 1659 List of years in Ireland

Events

25 May - Richard Cromwell (son of Oliver) resigns as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.^[1]
15 June - Henry Cromwell (son of Oliver) resigns as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

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).

↑ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 187–188. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

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