1716 in Ireland
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Events
- 20 June - Acts of the Parliament of Ireland for[1]
- Confiscating the estates of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde and vesting them in the Crown, and abolishing the county palatine of Tipperary.
- Drainage and navigation of the River Shannon.
- The titles Viscount Molesworth and Baron Philipstown, of Swords in the County of Dublin, are created in the Peerage of Ireland for Robert Molesworth.[2]
Arts and literature
- 12 November - Johann Kusser (Cousser) is appointed "Master of the Music, attending His Majesties State in Ireland".[1]
- Sarah Butler's Irish Tales is published in London.[3]
Births
- 1 November - Tichborne Aston, politician (died 1748).
- William Fisher, politician in Nova Scotia (died 1777).
- Charles Tottenham, politician (died 1795).
- Approximate date
- James Daly, politician (died 1769).
- Richard Tyrell, naval officer (died 1766).
Deaths
- 6 August - Paul Davys, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell, nobleman (born c. 1670).
- 17 October - Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott, nobleman, landowner and politician.
- Patrick Donnelly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore and poet (born 1650).
- Garret Morphey, painter (born c.1650).
- 1716 or 1718 - Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh, historian (born 1629).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, ed. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.
- ↑ Morin, Christina (2012-06-24). "Review: Vertue Rewarded (1693) and Irish Tales (1716)". Pue's Occurrences. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
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