1702 in Ireland
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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.[citation needed]
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)[citation needed]
Deaths
- 10 December[2] – Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh) (Church of Ireland) (b. 1609?)
