1676 in Ireland

none 1676 Events from the year 1676 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Charles II Events July 31 – the title Viscount Lanesborough is first created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of George Lane, 2nd Baronet, of Tulsk. August 28 – Irish Donation of 1676 is shipped from Dublin to relieve Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Froinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh's Lucerna fidelium, seu, Fasciclus decerptus ab authoribus magis versatis qui tractarunt de doctrin a Christiana (Lochrann na gCreidmheach), an Irish language catechism of Catholic Church doctrine is published by the Congregation of Propaganda Fide in Rome.Moody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etal Births William Handcock, politician (d. 1723) John Rogerson, lawyer and politician (d. 1741) Owen Swiny, theatrical impresario and art dealer (d. 1754) Caleb Threlkeld, botanist (d. 1728) approximate date – John Moore, 1st Baron Moore, politician (d. 1725) Deaths John-Baptist Hackett, Dominican theologian. Richard Lynch, Jesuit theologian (b. 1611) References 1676 Category:1670s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 17th century in Ireland