1688 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1688 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- Dame Mary Joseph Butler establishes a Benedictine house in Dublin.{{Catholic|first=Patrick |last=Nolan|wstitle=Mary Joseph Butler}}
- November 16 – exiled Irish Catholic widow "Goody" Ann Glover becomes the last person hanged in Boston, Massachusetts, as a witch.Historical Records and Studies 17: 70-78.{{cite web|first=Cathy|last=Hayes|title="Goody" Ann Glover, Irish native was the last witch hanged in Boston|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/Goody-Ann-Glover-Irish-native-was-the-last-witch-hanged-in-Boston---VIDEO-150184495.html|work=IrishCentral|location=New York|date=2012-05-05|access-date=2012-07-16}}
- December 7 – start of the siege of Derry. The city gates are locked against the forces of King James II by apprentice boys.{{cite web|title=Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/parade/chpa2.htm|access-date=2010-01-28}}
Births
- Approximate date – Esther Vanhomrigh, Jonathan Swift's "Vanessa" (d. 1723)
Deaths
- March 15 – Peter Valesius Walsh, politician (b. c. 1618)
- July 21 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier (b. 1610)
References
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