1686 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1686 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- January 9 â Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, sworn as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Dublin.[1]
- March 22 â warrant issued by King James II of England for payments to Roman Catholic bishops.[1]
- April 6 â Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh) is replaced as Lord Chancellor of Ireland (after serving for twenty years) by Sir Charles Porter.[1]
- April 20âApril 24 â three Roman Catholic judges are appointed to Ireland[1] (but Charles Ingleby refuses to travel there).
- June 5âOctober 26 â the Roman Catholic Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, serves in Ireland as commander in chief of the army.[1]
- October 26 â the Roman Catholic lawyer and politician Richard Nagle writes the 'Coventry letter' to Tyrconnell attacking land settlement in Ireland.[1]
- December â Sir Richard Nagle is appointed Attorney-General for Ireland.
Arts and literature
- February â first known music printed in Ireland.[2]
- Jonathan Swift is granted his BA from Trinity College Dublin ex speciali gratia.
Births
- March 22 â James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (d.1744)
- December 23 â Samuel Madden, clergyman and writer (d.1765)
- Chaworth Brabazon, 6th Earl of Meath (d.1763)
Deaths
- April 6 â Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, royal statesman (b.1614)