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1670 in Ireland
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1670
Events from the year 1670 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Monarch: Charles II
Events
February–April – William Penn visits the Quaker William Morris at Castle Salem, Cork.
March 7 – Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, sets foot on Irish soil for the first time in 23 years.
June 17 – Peter Talbot, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, holds his first provincial synod in Dublin.Moody, T. W. A Chronology of Irish History to 1976 A New History of Ireland, VIII Oxford University Press 1982 0198217447 246 etal It opens with Solemn High Mass, which for forty years many of the faithful have not witnessed. A subsequent assembly of the senior clergy produces a dispute over the Primacy of Ireland.
Barrack Bridge is constructed over the River Liffey in Dublin."The Bridges of Dublin City". Come Here To Me!: Dublin life & culture. 2010-06-30. Accessed 2012-08-30. 2012-02-21.
William Robinson is appointed Surveyor General of Ireland.
First recognized precursor to modern Gaelic football is played in County Meath.http://www.gaa.ie/my-gaa/getting-involved/football-history-and-evolution GAA.ie www.gaa.ie en 2017-04-13
Arts and literature
December 26 – upper gallery of the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin collapses for the first time.
Births
January 24 – William Congreve, English playwright (studies at Kilkenny School and Trinity College Dublin) (d. 1729)
November 30 – John Toland, philosopher (d. 1722)
Thomas Burgh, military engineer, architect and politician (d. 1730)
Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Baronet, politician (d. 1732)
Arthur Dillon, soldier in the French army (d. 1733)
Turlough O'Carolan, blind itinerant harpist, "The Last of the Bards" (d. 1738)
Aogán Ó Rathaille, poet (d. 1728)
Approximate date – Cornelius Ó Caoimh, Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick (d. 1737)
Deaths
William FitzWilliam, 3rd Viscount FitzWilliam, noble (b. c.1610)
Probable date – James Arthur, Dominican friar and theologian.
References
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