Events from the year 1700 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
Arts and literature
- c. March – the Yellow Book of Lecan is acquired by antiquary Edward Lhuyd.
- An edition of the late 16th-century Scots poet Alexander Montgomerie's The Cherrie and the Slae is printed in Ulster.
Births
- James Arbuckle, poet and critic (d. 1742)[3]
- Daniel O'Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d. 1778)
- James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown, politician (d. 1770)
- William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, peer and politician (d. 1777)
Deaths
References
- ^ John Cannon (2004). A Dictionary of British History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-158022-2.
- ^ Court-Register and Statesmans Remembrancer. G. Robinson. 1782. p. 66.
- ^ Leslie Stephen; Sir Sidney Lee (1885). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 2. Macmillan. p. 58.