Events from the year 1708 in Ireland.
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Incumbent
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edit- March 11 – the scholar Dr. Thomas Milles is appointed Church of Ireland Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, in which office he will serve until his death in 1740[1] (consecrated April 18 in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin).
- March 25 – a registry of deeds begins operation in Ireland.[2]
- The original wooden Belfast Castle, the home of Sir Arthur Chichester, baron of Belfast, is burned down.[3]
- St. Anne's Parish Act of 1707 is passed, dividing the parish of St. Nicholas Without, Dublin, and giving part of it the denomination of St. Luke's.[4]
Births
edit- January 7 (in England) – George Stone, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) (d. 1764)
- July 13 (baptised in England) – Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) and benefactor (d. 1794)
- July 19 – Philip Francis, clergyman and translator (d. 1773)
- Risteárd Buidhe Kirwan, soldier and duellist (d. 1779)
Deaths
edit- Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet, landowner and politician.
- Francis Makemie, clergyman, considered to be the founder of Presbyterianism in United States of America (b. 1658)
References
edit- ↑ Cotton, Henry (1851). Fasti ecclesiae hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the cathedral bodies in Ireland. Princeton Theological Seminary Library. Dublin : Hodges and Smith, 1851-60.
- ↑ Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
- ↑ "Castle Street". www.belfaststreetnames.com. Archived from the original on 2026-01-03. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ↑ electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). "St. Anne's Parish Act 1707". www.irishstatutebook.ie. Archived from the original on 2026-01-03. Retrieved 2026-01-03.