1656 in Ireland

none February 2015 1656 Events from the year 1656 in Ireland. Incumbent Lord Protector: Oliver Cromwell Events Cromwellian soldier William Morris becomes a Quaker, founding a meeting at Belturbet, County Cavan, before returning to his home at Castle Salem, Cork. William Petty completes the comprehensive mapping of Ireland known as the Down Survey. Births 17 April – William Molyneux, natural philosopher and writer, founder of the Dublin Philosophical Society (d.1698). Deaths 21 March – James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) and Primate of All Ireland, published the Ussher chronology purporting to time and date creation (b. 1581)James Ussher http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/james-ussher www.westminster-abbey.org 4 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20171227122259/http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/james-ussher 2017-12-27 dead Approximate date – Sir Dominick Browne, merchant and landowner (b. c.1585) References 1656 Category:1650s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 17th century in Ireland