1693 in Ireland
Events from the year 1693 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: William III and Mary II
Events
- 1 February – the 8th [King's Royal Irish Hussars] are raised by Colonel Henry [Conyngham |Henry Conyngham] as Conyngham's dragoons.
- 9 March – the House of Commons of England presents an address to King William III complaining of mismanagement of Irish affairs. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Henry [Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney|Viscount Sydney], is recalled on 13 June and administration left in the hands of Lords Justices.
- Huguenot cemetery, Dublin, is established.
Arts and literature
- Vertue rewarded, or The Irish princess, an early romance novel set in Clonmel during the Williamite War in Ireland, is published in London.
Births
- 13 August – Gustavus Handcock, politician
Deaths
- January – Edward FitzGerald-Villiers, soldier
- 19 July – John Barrett, soldier, killed in the French service at the Battle of Landen.
- 21 August – Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan, Jacobite and soldier
- Peter [French |Peter French], Dominican missionary and theologian.