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Events from the year 1655 in Ireland.
Incumbent
[edit]Events
[edit]- July – Henry Cromwell, son of Oliver, is appointed as major-general of the forces in Ireland and a member of the Irish council of state. After the Lord Deputy, Charles Fleetwood, departs for England in September, Henry Cromwell de facto takes over that role also.
Births
[edit]- Approximate date
- Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Baronet, politician (d.1701)
- Henry Luttrell, soldier (d.1717) (killed)
- Daniel Roseingrave, organist (d.1727)
Deaths
[edit]- February 16 – Rory (Roger) O'Moore, principal organizer of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 (b. c.1620)
- June 16 – James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane, peer (b.1633)[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1892). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. IV (1st ed.). London: George Bell and Sons. OCLC 1180828941. – G to K (for Hamilton of Strabane)