1666 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1666 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

Charles II

Events

• February – William Penn moves from London to Ireland to manage his father's estates. In May, he is involved in suppressing a mutiny in the English garrison at Carrickfergus.^[1]
• The Parliament of Ireland meets for the last time until 1692 (apart from the Patriot Parliament of 1689).
• Lord Maurice Roche of Castletownroche in County Cork loses his entire estate to Lieutenant Colonel John Widenham who receives the Castle as a reward for his loyalty to the Crown. The Castle of the Roches is thus renamed "Castle Widenham".^[2]

Births

• Approximate date – Richard Pockrich, landowner, military commander and politician (d.1719)

Deaths

• August – Richard Burke, 6th Earl of Clanricarde, peer.
• December 1 – Sir James Ware, historian, politician and Auditor general for Ireland (b.1594)
• Sir Oliver Óge French, Galway merchant.
• Raymond Caron, O.M.R., Franciscan friar and writer (b.1605)
• Approximate date – Thomas Arthur, physician (b.1593)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mary K.. Geiter. Penn, William (1644–1718). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. 2012-08-31. 10.1093/ref:odnb/21857.
2. Web site: History of Blackwater Castle. Blackwater Castle. 2012-08-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20120904195528/http://www.blackwatercastle.com/the-castle/history-of-blackwater-castle. 2012-09-04. dead.