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1655 in Ireland
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1655
Events from the year 1655 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Lord Protector: Oliver Cromwell
Events
July – Henry Cromwell, son of Oliver, is appointed as major-general of the forces in Ireland and a member of the Irish council of state. After the Lord Deputy, Charles Fleetwood, departs for England in September, Henry Cromwell de facto takes over that role also.
Births
Approximate date
Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Baronet, politician (d.1701)
Henry Luttrell, soldier (d.1717) (killed)
Daniel Roseingrave, organist (d.1727)
Deaths
February 16 – Rory (Roger) O'Moore, principal organizer of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 (b. c.1620)
June 16 – James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane, peer (b.1633)Cokayne, George Edward (1892). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. IV (1st ed.). London: George Bell and Sons. OCLC 1180828941. – G to K (for Hamilton of Strabane)
References
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Category:1650s in Ireland
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