1674 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1674 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

Charles II

Events

• May 5 – The Hospital and Free School of King Charles II opens in Dublin.^[1]

Births

• Mary Davys, novelist and playwright (died 1732)^[2]

Deaths

• September 9 – Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin, a chieftain of the O'Briens and Protestant native Irish peer (born c. 1618)

Notes and References

1. Book: Falkiner , Frederick Richard . Frederick Falkiner (judge) . The foundation of the Hospital and Free school of King Charles II., Oxmantown Dublin: commonly called the Blue coat school . 1906 . Sealy, Bryers and Walker . Dublin . 70.
2. Web site: Backscheider. Paula R.. Mary Davys. 2004. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. https://web.archive.org/web/20121103141730/http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/7/101007327/. 3 November 2012. 13 February 2015.