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Events from the year 1669 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: Charles II

Events

• January 11 – Peter Talbot is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland (consecrated at Antwerp 29 April (9 May New Style)).
• March 8 – James Lynch is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam (consecrated at Ghent 6 May (16 May NS)).
• March 26 – a royal charter is granted to the trust established by Erasmus Smith for the provision of grammar schools in Ireland, under which
  • Drogheda Grammar School is founded.
  • The King's Hospital is endowed as The Hospital and Free School of King Charles II in Dublin.
• May–August – George Fox, founder of the Quakers, visits Ireland. William Penn also returns to Ireland this year.
• July 9 – Oliver Plunkett is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (consecrated at Ghent 21 November (1 December NS)).
• One of a pair of gold sun-discs from ca. 2500–2150 BCE is found at Ballyshannon.

Births

• July 12 – Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, Chancellor of the Exchequer of England and Lord Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1725)
• Sir Tristram Beresford, 3rd Baronet, politician (d. 1701)
• William Cairnes, merchant and politician (d. 1707)
• Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane, soldier and politician (d. 1726)
• Thomas Nugent, 4th Earl of Westmeath, soldier and noble (d. 1752)
• William Southwell, soldier and politician (d. 1720)

Deaths

• Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh, politician.
• Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet, soldier (b. 1632?)

References

1. ^ Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1982). A Chronology of Irish History to 1976. A New History of Ireland, VIII. Oxford University Press. p. 246. ISBN 0198217447.
2. "History of Drogheda Grammar School". Drogheda Grammar School. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
3. "History & Traditions". The King's Hospital. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
4. Penn, William (1952). Grubb, Isabel (ed.). My Irish Journal, 1669–1670. London: Longmans.
5. Camden's Britannia. 1695 edn.
6. "Ballyshannon 'Sun Disc'". Oxford: Ashmolean Museum. Retrieved 2022-10-29.

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