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1683 in Ireland
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1683
Events from the year 1683 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Monarch: Charles II
Events
February 19 – the Evans Baronetcy, of Kilcreene in the County of Kilkenny, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of William Evans.
June 23 – the Caldwell Baronetcy of Wellsborough in County Fermanagh, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of James Caldwell, High Sheriff of County Fermanagh.
September 17 – The newly constructed St Mary's Church, Blessington, County Wicklow is dedicatedTrant 2004 33
October 15 – first meeting of the Dublin Philosophical Society, established by William Molyneux.Memoir of the Dublin Philosophical Society of 1683 William Wilde W. R. Wilde Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Royal Irish Academy Dublin 3 1844–1847 160–76 20489545
December 14 – Dominic Maguire, O.P., is elected as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith.Brady W. Maziere William Maziere Brady The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 https://archive.org/details/a548648301braduoft 1876 Tipografia Della Pace Rome 1 229Fryde E. B. Greenway D. E. Porter S. Roy I. Handbook of British Chronology 3rd Cambridge University Press 1986 0-521-56350-X 415
The titles of Viscount Mountjoy and Baron Stewart of Ramelton in the Peerage of Ireland are conferred upon Sir William Stewart, 3rd Baronet, of Ramelton.
Births
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October 25 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1757)
Daniel Falkiner, politician (d. 1759)
Thomas Fortescue, politician (d. 1769)
Michael Ward, politician (d. 1759)
Deaths
alt=Portrait of Valentine Greatrakes|thumb|175x175px|Valentine GreatrakesFebruary 3 – Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim, Roman Catholic landowner in Ireland and Scotland and political intriguer (b. 1609)
November 28 – Valentine Greatrakes, faith healer (b. 1628)
December 11 – George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough, politician (b. c.1620)
Charles Kirkhoven, 1st Earl of Bellomont, Dutch-born peer (b. 1643)
References
Sources
Trant Kathy The Blessington Estate. 1667-1908 2004 Anvil Books Dublin 1-901737-51-9
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