1706 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1706 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: Anne
Events
- November 21 – the Cox Baronetcy, of Dunmanway in the County of Cork, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of Richard Cox, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
- Ulster Scots clergyman Francis Makemie organizes the first presbytery in British America.
- John O'Heyne's Epilogus chronologicus exponens (a history of the Dominican Order in Ireland) is published in Louvain.
Arts and literature
- April 8 – George Farquhar's Restoration comedy The Recruiting Officer first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London.[1][2]
Births
- John FitzGerald, politician and hereditary Knight of Kerry (d. 1741)
- approx. date – Matthew Deane, politician (d. 1751)
Deaths
- April 10 – Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, soldier (b. 1666) (killed in action)
- John Hayes, Member of Parliament for Doneraile
- Ambrose Aungier, 2nd and last Earl of Longford of the First Creation
References
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Redgrave, Corin (2003-09-11). "My season with Sam". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2011-01-15.[dead link]
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