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1665 in Ireland
Events from the year
1665 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
Charles II
Events
The
Act of Explanation
states that Cromwellian settlers (with some named exceptions) have to give up one third of the lands they received after 1652 in order to compensate innocent Catholic landowners.
King
Charles II of England
and Ireland grants
letters patent
to Sir
Robert Reading
to erect six
lighthouse
s on the coast of Ireland, at
Hook Head
,
Old Head of Kinsale
,
Barry Oge's castle
, the Isle of Magee (near
Carrickfergus
) and
Howth
(two).
King Charles II elevates the office of
Mayor
of
Dublin
to
Lord Mayor of Dublin
, the first holder being
The Right Honourable
Sir Daniel Bellingham.
Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh)
is appointed
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
, an office he will hold for more than twenty years.
Births
29 April
âÂÂ
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
, soldier and statesman (d.
1745
)
Deaths
3 June
âÂÂ
Charles MacCarthy
, Irish soldier (killed in battle)
August âÂÂ
Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry
, general in the
Irish Confederate Wars
References