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1708 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1708 in Ireland
.
←
1707
1706
1705
1704
1703
1708
in
Ireland
→
1709
1710
1711
1712
1713
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1680s
1690s
1700s
1710s
1720s
See also:
Other events of 1708
List of years in Ireland
Incumbent
edit
Monarch
:
Anne
Events
edit
March 11
– the scholar Dr.
Thomas Milles
is appointed
Church of Ireland
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
, in which office he will serve until his death in
1740
(consecrated April 18 in
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
).
March 25
– a
registry of deeds
begins operation in Ireland.
[1]
The original wooden
Belfast Castle
, the home of
Sir Arthur Chichester
, baron of Belfast, is burned down.
An act of Parliament
[
which?
]
is passed, dividing the parish of
St. Nicholas Without, Dublin
, and giving part of it the denomination of
St. Luke's
.
[2]
Births
edit
January 7
(in England) –
George Stone
,
Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)
(d.
1764
)
July 13
(baptised in England) –
Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby
, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) and benefactor (d.
1794
)
July 19
–
Philip Francis
, clergyman and translator (d.
1773
)
Risteárd Buidhe Kirwan
, soldier and duellist (d.
1779
)
Deaths
edit
Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet
, landowner and politician.
Francis Makemie
, clergyman, considered to be the founder of
Presbyterianism
in
United States of America
(b.
1658
)
References
edit
^
Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989).
A New History of Ireland.
8
: A Chronology of Irish History
. Oxford University Press.
ISBN
978-0-19-821744-2
.
^
"Churches".
chaptersofdublin.com
. Archived from the original on 2007-10-31.