1666 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1666 in Ireland.

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.^[1]
• 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".^[2]

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

1. Geiter, Mary K. (2004). "Penn, William (1644–1718)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21857. Retrieved 2012-08-31. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
2. "History of Blackwater Castle". Blackwater Castle. Retrieved 2012-08-31.