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Events

January 9 - Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, sworn as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Dublin.^[1]
March 22 - Warrant issued by King James II of England for payments to Roman Catholic bishops.^[1]
April 6 - Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh) is replaced as Lord Chancellor of Ireland (after serving for twenty years) by Sir Charles Porter.^[1]
April 20–April 24 - Three Roman Catholic judges are appointed to Ireland^[1] (but Charles Ingleby refuses to travel there).
June 5–October 26 - The Roman Catholic Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, serves in Ireland as commander in chief of the army.^[1]
October 26 - The Roman Catholic lawyer and politician Richard Nagle writes the 'Coventry letter' to Tyrconnell attacking land settlement in Ireland.^[1]
December - Sir Richard Nagle is appointed Attorney-General for Ireland.

February - First known music printed in Ireland.^[2]
Jonathan Swift is granted his BA from Trinity College, Dublin ex speciali gratia.

1 2 3 4 5 6 Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
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