1703 in Ireland

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Events

• 11 June - Charles Hickman is consecrated as Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry.
• 11 September - A privateering expedition comprising the ships St George and Cinque Ports commanded by William Dampier leaves Kinsale for South America.
• Parliament of Ireland assembles, the first under Anne, Queen of Great Britain, and the first for five years.
• Popery Act (An Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery), enacted by the Parliament of Ireland, reintroduces gavelkind: when a Roman Catholic dies, his estate is to be divided equally among his sons (legitimate or otherwise) if they retain their Catholic faith.
• Treason Act (Ireland) 1703, enacted by the Parliament of Ireland, enforces the Protestant line of succession to the British throne.
• Sir Robert Doyne is appointed as Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas.
• The Parliament of Ireland investigates the possibility of improving navigation on the rivers Shannon and Barrow and constructing a Newry Canal.

Births

• 5 February - Gilbert Tennent, Presbyterian pastor in Colonial America (died 1764).
• 1 March - Philip Tisdall, lawyer and politician (died 1777).
• Henry Brooke, novelist and dramatist (died 1783).
• Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran, politician (died 1773).
• John Ussher, politician (died 1749).
• Approximate date
  • John Blakeney, politician (died 1747).
  • Samuel Boyse, poet (died 1749).
  • George Faulkner, publisher and bookseller (died 1775).

Deaths

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