1694 in Ireland

Events from the year 1694 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: William III and Mary II (until 28 December)

Events

 * French Huguenot refugees settle in Portarlington.
 * 28 December – with the death of Queen Mary II, William III becomes sole monarch.

Arts and literature

 * 9 January – Henry Purcell's ode Great Parent, Hail! and John Blow's anthem I Beheld, and Lo! are performed in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, at a concert to mark the centenary of Trinity College.
 * c. 25 October – Jonathan Swift is appointed to the Church of Ireland prebend of Kilroot, near Carrickfergus in County Antrim (until 1696).

Births



 * 16 July – Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone, politician (d. 1763)
 * 8 August – Francis Hutcheson, theologian and philosopher (d. 1746)
 * 5 November – Sir Robert Blackwood, 1st Baronet (d. 1774)
 * Michael Cuffe, politician (d. 1744)
 * Andrew Donlevy, Roman Catholic priest.
 * William FitzMaurice, 2nd Earl of Kerry, peer and military officer (d. 1747)
 * Warden Flood, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (d. 1764)
 * Robert Parkinson, lawyer and politician (d. 1761)

Deaths

 * July 1 – Justin McCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel, Jacobite general.
 * 28 December – Mary II of England, Queen regnant (b. 1662)
 * c. December – Patrick Adair, Ulster Scots Presbyterian minister (b. c. 1625)
 * Valentine Browne, 1st Viscount Kenmare, peer (b. 1638)
 * Probable date – Sir Brian O'Neill, 2nd Baronet, judge and landowner.