1702 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1702 in Ireland.

Incumbent

Monarch: William III (until 8 March), then Anne

Events

8 March – Anne becomes Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of William III.{{cite book|author=James Barclay (curate of Edmonton.)|title=A complete and universal English dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yeUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT98|access-date=18 February 2015|year=1792|location=ANNE, queen of Great Britain}}

Arts and literature

October – Jonathan Swift returns to Ireland in the company of Esther Johnson.{{fact|date=August 2022}}

Births

January – Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, French general, born at Romans, Dauphin, the son of Sir Gerald Lally, an Irish Jacobite from Tuam, County Galway, who married a French noblewoman (d. 1766){{fact|date=August 2022}}

Deaths

10 December{{cite book|author=Arthur Collins|title=The peerage of England. 3 vols.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ey0UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA164-IA2|year=1779|page=164}} – Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh) (Church of Ireland) (b. 1609?)

References

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