1698 in Ireland
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Events
- Early - William Molyneux publishes The Case of Ireland's being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated.[1]
- The Lord Mayor of Dublin's gold chain of office is presented by King William III to Dublin Corporation.
- John Dunton publishes Teague Land: or A Merry Ramble to the Wild Irish.
- John Hopkins publishes the poem The Triumphs of Peace, or the Glories of Nassau … written at the time of his Grace the Duke of Ormond's entrance into Dublin.
Births
- 15 June - George Browne, soldier of fortune, field-marshal in the Russian army (d.1792).
- Ross Roe MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh (d.1748).
Deaths
- 15 January - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, cavalier and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b.1612).
- January - Dáibhí Ó Bruadair, poet (b.1625).
- 11 October - William Molyneux, natural philosopher and writer, founded the Dublin Philosophical Society (b.1656).
References
- ↑ O'Hara, James G. (2008). "Molyneux, William (1656–1698)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18929. Retrieved 2012-10-15. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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