1716 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1716 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- June 20 â acts of the Parliament of Ireland for:[1]
- Confiscating the estates of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde and vesting them in the Crown, and abolishing the county palatine of Tipperary.
- Drainage and navigation of the River Shannon.
- The titles Viscount Molesworth and Baron Philipstown, of Swords in the County of Dublin, are created in the Peerage of Ireland for Robert Molesworth.[2]
Arts and literature
- November 12 â Johann Sigismund Kusser (Cousser) is appointed "Master of the Music, attending His Majesties State in Ireland".[1]
- Sarah Butler's Irish Tales is published in London.[3]
Births
- November 1 â Tichborne Aston, politician (d. 1748)
- William Fisher, politician in Nova Scotia (d. 1777)
- Charles Tottenham, politician (d. 1795)
- Approximate date
- James Daly, politician (d. 1769)
- Richard Tyrell, naval officer (d. 1766)
Deaths
- August 6 â Paul Davys, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell, nobleman (b. c. 1670)
- October 17 â Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott, nobleman, landowner and politician.
- Patrick Donnelly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore and poet (b. 1650)
- Garret Morphey, painter (b. c. 1650)
- 1716 or 1718 â Ruaidhrà à Flaithbheartaigh, historian (b. 1629)