1700 in Ireland

Events from the year 1700 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: William III

Events

• December 28 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Arts and literature

• c. March – the Yellow Book of Lecan is acquired by antiquary Edward Lhuyd.
• An edition of the late 16th-century Scots poet Alexander Montgomerie's The Cherrie and the Slae is printed in Ulster.

Births

• James Arbuckle, poet and critic (d. 1742)
• Daniel O'Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d. 1778)
• James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown, politician (d. 1770)
• William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, peer and politician (d. 1777)

Deaths

• Sir William Gore, 3rd Baronet.

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