1669 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1669 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

Charles II

Events

• January 11 – Peter Talbot is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland (consecrated at Antwerp 29 April (9 May New Style)).^[1]
• March 8 – James Lynch is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam (consecrated at Ghent 6 May (16 May NS)).
• March 26 – a royal charter is granted to the trust established by Erasmus Smith for the provision of grammar schools in Ireland,^[1] under which
  • Drogheda Grammar School is founded.^[2]
  • The King's Hospital is endowed as The Hospital and Free School of King Charles II in Dublin.^[3]
• May - August – George Fox, founder of the Quakers, visits Ireland.^[1] William Penn also returns to Ireland this year.^[4]
• July 9 – Oliver Plunkett is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (consecrated at Ghent 21 November (1 December NS)).^[1]
• One of a pair of gold sun-discs from ca. 2500–2150 BCE is found at Ballyshannon.^{[5] [6]}

Births

• July 12 – Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, Chancellor of the Exchequer of England and Lord Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1725)
• Sir Tristram Beresford, 3rd Baronet, politician (d. 1701)
• William Cairnes, merchant and politician (d. 1707)
• Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane, soldier and politician (d. 1726)
• Thomas Nugent, 4th Earl of Westmeath, soldier and noble (d. 1752)
• William Southwell, soldier and politician (d. 1720)

Deaths

• Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh, politician.
• Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet, soldier (b. 1632?)

Notes and References

1. Book: Moody, T. W.. A Chronology of Irish History to 1976. A New History of Ireland, VIII. Oxford University Press. 1982. 0198217447. 246. etal.
2. Web site: History of Drogheda Grammar School. Drogheda Grammar School. 2012-08-30.
3. Web site: History & Traditions. The King's Hospital. 2012-08-30.
4. Book: Penn, William. My Irish Journal, 1669–1670. Grubb, Isabel. London. Longmans. 1952.
5. [Britannia (Camden)|Camden's ''Britannia'']
6. Web site: Ballyshannon 'Sun Disc'. Ashmolean Museum. Oxford. 2022-10-29.