1656 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1656 in Ireland.
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Events
- Cromwellian soldier William Morris becomes a Quaker, founding a meeting at Belturbet, County Cavan, before returning to his home at Castle Salem, Cork.
- William Petty completes the comprehensive mapping of Ireland known as the Down Survey.
Births
- April 17 - William Molyneux, natural philosopher and writer, founder of the Dublin Philosophical Society (d.1698).
Deaths
- March 21 - James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) and Primate of All Ireland, published the Ussher chronology purporting to time and date creation (b. 1581)
- Approximate date - Sir Dominick Browne, merchant and landowner (b. c.1585)
References
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