1660 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1660 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: monarchy re-established, Charles II (starting 23 April)

Events

• April 23 – Charles II becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
• June – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, one of the principal architects of Charles II's Restoration, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, although represented by deputies.
• August 16 – an Indemnity and Oblivion Act is sent to Ireland by Sir Paul Davys, granting indemnities to those who had been active in the Interregnum. ^[1]
• First synagogue in Ireland established in Dublin.

Births

• April 16 – Hans Sloane, physician and collector (d.1753)

Date unknown

• Hugh MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh (d.1737)
• Thomas Southerne, dramatist (d.1746)

References

1. Carte Calendar vol. 40 (June–December 1664), Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Includes a number of correspondence on the “Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion [for Ireland]”.