1677 in Ireland

none January 2014 1677 Events from the year 1677 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Charles II Events 24 August – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, is again sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.Moody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etal Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford, is created 1st Earl of Longford in the Peerage of Ireland. Richard Jones, Viscount Ranelagh, is created 1st (and only) Earl of Ranelagh in the Peerage of Ireland. Laurence Parsons is created Sir Laurence Parsons, 1st Baronet, of Birr Castle in the King's County, in the Baronetage of Ireland. Froinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh's Grammatica Latino-Hibernica nunc compendiata, the first printed grammar of the Irish language (in Latin), is published by the Congregation of Propaganda Fide in Rome. Births Approximate date – Richard FitzWilliam, 5th Viscount FitzWilliam, nobleman and politician (d. 1743) 1677 or 1678 – George Farquhar, dramatist (d. 1707) Deaths September – Richard Bellings, lawyer and Confederate politician (b. 1677) 14 November – John Temple, judge and politician (b. 1600) 21 December – John Parry, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory. 31 December – Theobald Taaffe, 1st Earl of Carlingford, Royalist soldier and courtier (b. c.1603) Francis de Bermingham, Baron Athenry. Froinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh, Franciscan friar and linguist (b. c.1605) Probable date – John Lynch (Gratianus Lucius), Roman Catholic priest and historian (b. 1599?) References 1677 Category:1670s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 17th century in Ireland