1666 in Ireland

none 1666 Events from the year 1666 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Charles II Events February – William Penn moves from London to Ireland to manage his father's estates. In May, he is involved in suppressing a mutiny in the English garrison at Carrickfergus.Mary K. Geiter Penn, William (1644–1718) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21857 2012-08-31 10.1093/ref:odnb/21857 The Parliament of Ireland meets for the last time until 1692 (apart from the Patriot Parliament of 1689). Lord Maurice Roche of Castletownroche in County Cork loses his entire estate to Lieutenant Colonel John Widenham who receives the Castle as a reward for his loyalty to the Crown. The Castle of the Roches is thus renamed "Castle Widenham".History of Blackwater Castle http://www.blackwatercastle.com/the-castle/history-of-blackwater-castle Blackwater Castle 2012-08-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120904195528/http://www.blackwatercastle.com/the-castle/history-of-blackwater-castle 2012-09-04 dead Births Approximate date – Richard Pockrich, landowner, military commander and politician (d.1719) Deaths August – Richard Burke, 6th Earl of Clanricarde, peer. December 1 – Sir James Ware, historian, politician and Auditor general for Ireland (b.1594) Sir Oliver Óge French, Galway merchant. Raymond Caron, O.M.R., Franciscan friar and writer (b.1605) Approximate date – Thomas Arthur, physician (b.1593) References 1666 Category:1660s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 17th century in Ireland