Events from the year 1668 in Ireland.
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See also: | Other events of 1668 List of years in Ireland |
Incumbent
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edit- Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery, resigns the office of Lord President of Munster[1] on account of disputes with James Butler, Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Births
edit- Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry, politician (d. 1741)
Deaths
edit- 14 April – George Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane (b. c.1636/7)
- Full date unknown – Patrick D'Arcy, nationalist who wrote the constitution of Confederate Ireland (b. 1598)
References
edit- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .