1656 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1656 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Lord Protector

Oliver Cromwell

Events

• Cromwellian soldier William Morris becomes a Quaker, founding a meeting at Belturbet, County Cavan, before returning to his home at Castle Salem, Cork.
• William Petty completes the comprehensive mapping of Ireland known as the Down Survey.

Births

• April 17 – William Molyneux, natural philosopher and writer, founder of the Dublin Philosophical Society (d.1698).

Deaths

• March 21 – James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) and Primate of All Ireland, published the Ussher chronology purporting to time and date creation (b. 1581)^[1]
• Approximate date – Sir Dominick Browne, merchant and landowner (b. c.1585)

Notes and References

1. Web site: James Ussher. www.westminster-abbey.org. 4 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20171227122259/http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/james-ussher. 2017-12-27. dead.