1680 in Ireland
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Events
- 29 April - Construction of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin as a home for retired soldiers begins to the design of Sir William Robinson.[1]
- 23–24 July - Trial of Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, at Dundalk for conspiracy in the supposed "Popish Plot" ends without indictment[1] and on 24 October he is transferred to London.
- English antiquarian Thomas Dingley tours Ireland.[1]
- Edmund Borlase's The History of the execrable Irish Rebellion is published.[1]
Arts and literature
- The poem-book Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe is transcribed by Ruairí Ó hUiginn of Sligo at the command of Cormac Ó Neill.
Births
- 4 October - Giles Alington, 4th Baron Alington (d.1691).
Full date unknown
- Richard Cantillon, economic theorist (d.1734).
- Bernard MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh (d.1747).
- Approximate date - Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna, poet (d.1756).
Deaths
- 30 July - Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, soldier and politician (b.1634).
- 23 August - Thomas Blood, soldier, tried to steal the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London in 1671 (b.1618).
- September or October - William Steele, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b.1610).
- c.15 November - Peter Talbot, imprisoned Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland (b.1620(?)).
References
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