1704 in Ireland

Events from the year 1704 in Ireland. == Incumbent == Monarch: Anne == Events == March 4 – Penal laws passed by the Parliament of Ireland to suppress the Catholic Church: Popery Act enforces various restrictions on Catholics, in particular inheritance by gavelkind for Catholics and male primogeniture for Protestants, which tends to prevent an increase in Catholic landholding. Registration Act requires all existing Catholic priests to register in their local magistrates' court by July 20, to pay two £50 surety bonds for good behavior, and to stay in the county where they registered, with a financial inducement to convert to the Church of Ireland. October 26 – Richard Levinge, member of the Irish House of Commons, is created 1st Levinge Baronet, of High Park in the County of Westmeath. Thomas Taylor, member of the Irish House of Commons, is created 1st Taylor Baronet, of Kells in the County of Meath. A House of Industry opens in Dublin to accommodate the destitute. == Arts and literature == George Farquhar co-writes the play The Stage Coach. Jonathan Swift publishes his first major satires, A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, in London. == Births == William Handcock, politician (d. 1741) == Deaths == January 1 – Dominic Burke Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin. February 20 – Thomas FitzWilliam, 4th Viscount FitzWilliam, statesman (b. c.1640) c. February – Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet, politician. August – Francis Taaffe, 3rd Earl of Carlingford, courtier and soldier. November – Henry Nugent, soldier. == References ==