1679 in Ireland
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Births

  • 11 September - Thomas Parnell
    Thomas Parnell
    Thomas Parnell was a poet and clergyman, born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was a friend of both Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. He participated in the Scriblerus Club, contributing to The Spectator, and he also aided Pope in his translation of The Iliad...

    , clergyman and poet (d.1718
    1718 in Ireland
    -Births:*2 March - John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly, politician and peer .*Nano Nagle, founder of the Presentation Sisters .-Deaths:*24 October - Thomas Parnell, clergyman and poet ....

    ).
  • Anthony Duane
    Anthony Duane
    Anthony Duane was an Irish immigrant to New York who was the father of James Duane, later a congressman, Mayor of New York City, and U.S. judge....

    , businessman in America (d.1747
    1747 in Ireland
    -Births:*8 April - William Hales, clergyman and scientific writer .*Denis Daly, landowner, MP and Mayor of Galway .-Deaths:*27 May - Bernard MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh ....

    ).

Deaths

  • Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Donalong, soldier.
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