1702 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1702 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

William III (until 8 March), then Anne

Events

• 8 March – Anne becomes Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of William III.^[1]

Arts and literature

• October – Jonathan Swift returns to Ireland in the company of Esther Johnson.

Births

• January – Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, French general, born at Romans, Dauphin, the son of Sir Gerald Lally, an Irish Jacobite from Tuam, County Galway, who married a French noblewoman (d. 1766)

Deaths

• 10 December^[2] – Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh) (Church of Ireland) (b. 1609?)

Notes and References

1. Book: James Barclay (curate of Edmonton.). A complete and universal English dictionary. 18 February 2015. 1792. ANNE, queen of Great Britain.
2. Book: Arthur Collins. The peerage of England. 3 vols.. 1779. 164.