1670 in Ireland
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Events
- February–April - William Penn visits the Quaker William Morris at Castle Salem, Cork.
- 7 March - Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, sets foot on Irish soil for the first time in 23 years.
- 17 June - Peter Talbot, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, holds his first provincial synod in Dublin.[1] It opens with Solemn High Mass, which for forty years many of the faithful have not witnessed. A subsequent assembly of the senior clergy produces a dispute over the Primacy of Ireland.
- Construction of Barrack Bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin.[2]
- William Robinson is appointed Surveyor General of Ireland.
Arts and literature
- 26 December - Upper gallery of the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin collapses for the first time.
Births
- 24 January - William Congreve, English playwright (studies at Kilkenny School and Trinity College, Dublin) (d. 1729).
- 30 November - John Toland, philosopher (d. 1722).
- Thomas Burgh, military engineer, architect and politician (d. 1730).
- Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Baronet, politician (d. 1732).
- Arthur Dillon, soldier in the French army (d. 1733).
- Turlough O'Carolan, blind itinerant harpist, "The Last of the Bards" (d. 1738).
- Aogán Ó Rathaille, poet (d. 1728).
Deaths
- William FitzWilliam, 3rd Viscount FitzWilliam, noble (b. c.1610).
- Probable date - James Arthur, Dominican friar and theologian.
- Approximate date - Cornelius Ó Caoimh, Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick (d. 1737).
References
- ↑ Moody, T. W. et al., ed. (1982). A Chronology of Irish History to 1976. A New History of Ireland, VIII. Oxford University Press. p. 246. ISBN 0198217447.
- ↑ "The Bridges of Dublin City". Come Here To Me!: Dublin life & culture. 2010-06-30. Accessed 2012-08-30. Archived 2012-02-21.
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