1700 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1700 in Ireland.

Events

Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester

• December 28 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[1][2]

Arts and literature

• c. March – the Yellow Book of Lecan is acquired by antiquary Edward Lhuyd.
• An edition of the late 16th-century Scots poet Alexander Montgomerie's The Cherrie and the Slae is printed in Ulster.

Births

• James Arbuckle, poet and critic (d. 1742)[3]
• Daniel O'Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d. 1778)
• James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown, politician (d. 1770)
• William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, peer and politician (d. 1777)

Deaths

• Henry Colley, politician (b. 1648)
• Sir William Gore, 3rd Baronet.

References

1. John Cannon (2004). A Dictionary of British History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-158022-2.
2. Court-Register and Statesmans Remembrancer. G. Robinson. 1782. p. 66.
3. Leslie Stephen; Sir Sidney Lee (1885). Dictionary of National Biography. 2. Macmillan. p. 58.