1670 in Ireland
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- 30 November - John TolandJohn TolandJohn Toland was a rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and occasional satirist, who wrote numerous books and pamphlets on political philosophy and philosophy of religion, which are early expressions of the philosophy of the Age of Enlightenment...
, philosopher (d.17221722 in Ireland-Births:*29 May - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, politician .*Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet, politician .-Deaths:*11 March - John Toland, philosopher ....
). - Turlough O'CarolanTurlough O'CarolanTurlough Carolan, also known as Turlough O'Carolan, was a blind, early Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer...
, blind, itinerant, harpist, sometimes styled "The Last of the Bards" (d.17381738 in Ireland-Births:*2 December - Richard Montgomery, soldier, major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War .-Deaths:*Turlough O'Carolan, blind, itinerant harpist, sometimes styled "The Last of the Bards" ....
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