1695 in Ireland

none 1695 Events from the year 1695 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: William III Events 4 May – Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan, is appointed Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, in succession to Lord Burlington, his grandfather, Lord Treasurer of Ireland since 1660. 9 May – the Whig Henry Capell, Lord Capell, is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland. 10 May – Alan Brodrick is appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland; he is a supporter of Penal Laws against Roman Catholics. June – Robert Rochfort is appointed Attorney-General for Ireland.C. I. McGrath Rochfort, Robert (1652–1727) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23921 2013-06-24 10.1093/ref:odnb/23921 5 June – the title of Viscount Lisburne and Baron Fethard, of Feathered in the County of Tipperary is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Welsh politician John Vaughan.https://books.google.com/books?id=x15mAAAAMAAJ The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland John Debrett Debrett's 1809 27 August – Parliament of Ireland opens. Robert Rochfort is elected Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. 30 September–25 October – an attempt is made in the Irish House of Commons (largely at the instigation of Rochfort) to impeach Charles Porter (Lord Chancellor of Ireland) for his conduct in office. He is acquitted following a speech made in his own defence. 1 November – The Parliament of Ireland passes the Sunday Observance Act to promote Sabbatarianism. The Parliament of Ireland passes the Education Act, one of the penal laws, prohibiting Roman Catholics from sending their children to be educated in Catholic countries abroad.An Act to restrain Foreign Education http://library.law.umn.edu/irishlaw/7WIIIc4p254.htm 1695 2013-01-24 The Parliament of Ireland passes the Settlement of Ireland Act 1695 to annul all legislation passed by the 1689 Patriot Parliament. Sir Richard Reynell is dismissed as Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland for incapacityBall F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921 John Murray London 1926 and is succeeded by Sir Richard Pyne. Sir Nicholas Acheson is appointed High Sheriff of Armagh.Cokayne George Edward William Pollard and Co The Complete Baronetage II 1902 Exeter 335 Births Robert Clayton, Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher (d. 1758) Approximate date – John Blunden, politician (d. 1752) Deaths June – Dudley Loftus, jurist and orientalist (b. 1619) Charles O'Kelly, soldier, politician and writer (b. 1621) Hugh Reily, political writer (b. c.1630) References 1695 Category:1690s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 17th century in Ireland