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1688 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1688 in Ireland
.
←
1687
1686
1685
1684
1683
1688
in
Ireland
→
1689
1690
1691
1692
1693
Centuries:
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
Decades:
1660s
1670s
1680s
1690s
1700s
See also:
Other events of 1688
List of years in Ireland
Incumbent
edit
Monarch
:
James II
(until 23 December), deposed
Events
edit
Dame
Mary Joseph Butler
establishes a
Benedictine
house in
Dublin
.
[1]
November 16
– exiled
Irish Catholic
widow "Goody"
Ann Glover
becomes the last person hanged in
Boston
, Massachusetts, as a
witch
.
[2]
[3]
December 7
– start of the
siege of Derry
. The city gates are locked against the forces of
King James II
by
apprentice boys
.
[4]
Births
edit
Approximate date –
Esther Vanhomrigh
,
Jonathan Swift
's "Vanessa" (d.
1723
)
Deaths
edit
March 15
–
Peter Valesius Walsh
, politician (b. c.
1618
)
July 21
–
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde
,
Anglo-Irish
statesman and soldier (b.
1610
)
References
edit
^
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain
:
Nolan, Patrick (1913). "Mary Joseph Butler". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
Catholic Encyclopedia
. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^
Historical Records and Studies
17
: 70-78.
^
Hayes, Cathy (2012-05-05). "
"Goody" Ann Glover, Irish native was the last witch hanged in Boston".
IrishCentral
. New York
. Retrieved
2012-07-16
.
^
"Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events".
Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)
. Retrieved
2010-01-28
.