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See also:	Other events of 1669 ; List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1669 in Ireland.

Incumbent

January 11 – Peter Talbot is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland (consecrated at Antwerp 29 April (9 May New Style)).^[1]
March 8 – James Lynch is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam (consecrated at Ghent 6 May (16 May NS)).
March 26 – a royal charter is granted to the trust established by Erasmus Smith for the provision of grammar schools in Ireland,^[1] under which
- Drogheda Grammar School is founded.^[2]
- The King's Hospital is endowed as The Hospital and Free School of King Charles II in Dublin.^[3]
May–August – George Fox, founder of the Quakers, visits Ireland.^[1] William Penn also returns to Ireland this year.^[4]
July 9 – Oliver Plunkett is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (consecrated at Ghent 21 November (1 December NS)).^[1]
One of a pair of gold sun-discs from ca. 2500–2150 BCE is found at Ballyshannon.^[5]^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1982). A Chronology of Irish History to 1976. A New History of Ireland, VIII. Oxford University Press. p. 246. ISBN 0198217447.
^ "History of Drogheda Grammar School". Drogheda Grammar School. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
^ "History & Traditions". The King's Hospital. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
^ Penn, William (1952). Grubb, Isabel (ed.). My Irish Journal, 1669–1670. London: Longmans.
^ Camden's Britannia. 1695 edn.
^ "Ballyshannon 'Sun Disc'". Oxford: Ashmolean Museum. Retrieved 2022-10-29.