1679 in Ireland

Events from the year 1679 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: Charles II

Events

 * Lismore Cathedral (Church of Ireland) abandoned until 1749.

Births

 * September 11 – Thomas Parnell, clergyman and poet (d.1718)
 * Anthony Duane, businessman in America (d.1747)

Deaths

 * Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Donalong, soldier.