1694 in Ireland

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Events

• 28 December - With the death of Queen Mary II, William III becomes sole monarch.^[1]

Arts and literature

• 9 January - Henry Purcell's ode Great Parent, Hail! and John Blow's anthem I Beheld, and Lo! are performed in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, at a concert to mark the centenary of Trinity College.^[2]
• c. 25 October - Jonathan Swift is appointed to the Church of Ireland prebend of Kilroot, near Carrickfergus in County Antrim (until 1696).

Births

• 16 July - Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone, politician (d. 1763).
• 8 August - Francis Hutcheson, theologian and philosopher (d. 1746).
• 5 November - Sir Robert Blackwood, 1st Baronet (d. 1774).
• Michael Cuffe, politician (d. 1744).
• Andrew Donlevy, Roman Catholic priest.
• William FitzMaurice, 2nd Earl of Kerry, peer and military officer (d. 1747).
• Warden Flood, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (d. 1764).
• Robert Parkinson, lawyer and politician (d. 1761).

Deaths

• 1 July - Justin McCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel, Jacobite general.
• 28 December - Mary II of England,Queen regnant (b. 1662).
• c. December - Patrick Adair, Ulster Scots Presbyterian minister (b. c.1625).
• Valentine Browne, 1st Viscount Kenmare, peer (b. 1638).
• Probable date - Sir Brian O'Neill, 2nd Baronet, judge and landowner.

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