1679 in Ireland

Events from the year 1679 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: Charles II

Events

• Lismore Cathedral (Church of Ireland) abandoned until 1749.

Births

• September 11 – Thomas Parnell, clergyman and poet (d.1718)
• Anthony Duane, businessman in America (d.1747)

Deaths

• Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Donalong, soldier.

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