1684 in Ireland

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1684
in
Ireland

Decades:	1660s • 1670s • 1680s • 1690s • 1700s
Centuries:	15th • 16th • 17th • 18th • 19th
See also:	Other events of 1684 List of years in Ireland

Events

18 February - "Court of grace" appointed to enquire into tithes on land.^[1]
25 March - Royal Hospital Kilmainham is completed in Dublin as a home for retired soldiers, to the design of Sir William Robinson.^[1]
The regiment which becomes the Royal Irish Regiment is formed from independent companies by Arthur Forbes, Viscount Granard (who is elevated to Earl of Granard this year).
Historian Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh (Roderic O'Flaherty) compiles his Chorographical description of West or Iar Connacht^[1] for William Molyneux.

25 February - Richard Nugent, 2nd Earl of Westmeath, noble and military commander (b. 1621/3).
July - Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman, and diplomat (b. 1623).
Murrough Ó Laoí, physician.

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Moody, T. W. et al., ed. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.

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