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1716 in Ireland
Events from the year
1716 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
George I
Events
June 20
â acts of the
Parliament of Ireland
for:
Confiscating the estates of
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
and vesting them in the Crown, and abolishing the
county palatine
of
Tipperary
.
Drainage and navigation of the
River Shannon
.
The titles
Viscount Molesworth
and Baron Philipstown, of
Swords in the County of Dublin
, are created in the
Peerage of Ireland
for
Robert Molesworth
.
Arts and literature
November 12
âÂÂ
Johann Sigismund Kusser
(Cousser) is appointed "Master of the Music, attending His Majesties State in Ireland".
Sarah Butler's
Irish Tales
is published in
London
.
Births
November 1
âÂÂ
Tichborne Aston
, politician (d.
1748
)
William Fisher
, politician in
Nova Scotia
(d.
1777
)
Charles Tottenham
, politician (d.
1795
)
Approximate date
James Daly
, politician (d.
1769
)
Richard Tyrell
, naval officer (d.
1766
)
Deaths
August 6
âÂÂ
Paul Davys, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell
, nobleman (b. c.
1670
)
October 17
âÂÂ
Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott
, nobleman, landowner and politician.
Patrick Donnelly
,
Roman Catholic
Bishop of Dromore
and poet (b.
1650
)
Garret Morphey
, painter (b. c.
1650
)
1716 or 1718 âÂÂ
RuaidhrÃÂ ÃÂ Flaithbheartaigh
, historian (b.
1629
)
References