1699 in Ireland

Events from the year 1699 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: William III

Events

 * January 26–June 14 – the Parliament of Ireland meets and enacts legislation to levy duties on exported woolens; to encourage the construction of parsonages; to oblige landowners to plant and conserve trees; and to prevent Roman Catholics from becoming solicitors.
 * February 1 – the Parliament of England requires the disbandment of foreign troops in Ireland.
 * May 4 – the Parliament of England enacts legislation providing for the appointment of a commission of inquiry into the administration of forfeited estates in Ireland.
 * A Roman Catholic English language New Testament is probably printed in Dublin at about this date, but all copies appear to have been suppressed.

Arts and literature

 * c. July–August – the Welsh scholar Edward Lhuyd first travels in Ireland.
 * Publication of The Dublin Scuffle: being a challenge sent by John Dunton, citizen of London, to Patrick Campbel, bookseller in Dublin.

Births



 * September 26 – Charles Macklin, actor and dramatist (d. 1797)
 * Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet, politician (d. 1771)
 * Edward Lovett Pearce, architect (d. 1733)
 * Isaac Wayne, tanner (d. 1774 in the Province of Pennsylvania)

Deaths

 * April 6 – Sir Richard Nagle, lawyer and politician (b. 1636)
 * June 18 – Popham Seymour-Conway, landowner (b. 1675) (result of a drunken duel)
 * Michael Hill, politician (b. 1672)
 * Dudley Persse, landowner (b. 1625)