1684 in Ireland
Events from the year 1684 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: Charles II
Events
- February 18 – "Court of grace" appointed to enquire into tithes on land.
- March 25 – Royal Hospital Kilmainham is completed in Dublin as a home for retired soldiers, to the design of Sir William Robinson.
- Jeremiah O'Donovan's landownings in County Cork are erected by royal letters patent into the Manor of the Leap.
- The regiment which becomes the Royal Irish Regiment is formed from independent companies by Arthur Forbes, Viscount Granard.
- Historian Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh compiles his Chorographical description of West or Iar Connacht for William Molyneux.
Births
- February 20 – Edward Bayly, landowner and politician
Deaths
- February 25 – Richard Nugent, 2nd Earl of Westmeath, noble and military commander
- July – Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman, and diplomat
- Murrough Ó Laoí, physician.