1668 in Ireland

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See also:	Other events of 1668 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1668 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: Charles II

Events

• Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery, resigns the office of Lord President of Munster^[1] on account of disputes with James Butler, Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Births

• Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry, politician (d. 1741)

Deaths

• 14 April – George Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane (b. c.1636/7)
• Full date unknown – Patrick D'Arcy, nationalist who wrote the constitution of Confederate Ireland (b. 1598)

References

1. "Boyle, Roger (1621-1679)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.