1634 in Ireland
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Events
- Foras Feasa ar Éirinn (literally "Foundation of Knowledge on Ireland", more usually translated "History of Ireland") was completed by Geoffrey KeatingGeoffrey KeatingSeathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish Roman Catholic priest, poet and historian. He was born in County Tipperary c. 1569, and died c. 1644...
in Early Modern Irish. This history of Ireland from ancient times was circulated in manuscript as the English rulers of the country suppressed the printing of Irish history.
Births
- July - Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of OssoryThomas Butler, 6th Earl of OssoryVice-Admiral Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, KG, PC, PC was the eldest son of the James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde and Lady Elizabeth Preston, and an Irish politician born at Kilkenny Castle.-Life and career:...
, soldier and politician (d.16801680 in Ireland-Full date unknown:*Richard Cantillon, economic theorist .*Bernard MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh .-Deaths:*30 July - Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, soldier and politician ....
). - Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of LimerickThomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of LimerickThomas Donegan, 2nd Earl of Limerick was a member of Irish Parliament, Royalist military officer during the English Civil War, and governor of the Province of New York...
, member of Irish ParliamentParliament of IrelandThe Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...
, Royalist military officer during the English Civil WarEnglish Civil WarThe English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
and governor of the Province of New YorkProvince of New YorkThe Province of New York was an English and later British crown territory that originally included all of the present U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont, along with inland portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine, as well as eastern Pennsylvania...
(d.17151715 in Ireland-Births:*Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, pioneer and army officer in colonial New York .*Patrick Lynch, emigrant to Rio de la Plata, and successful landowner.-Deaths:...
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