1705 in Ireland

Incumbent

• Monarch: Anne

Events

• November 5 – The Dublin Gazette, the official newspaper of the British Government in Ireland, publishes its first edition.
• Royal Mines Act enacted.

Births

• Constantia Grierson, editor, poet and classical scholar

Deaths

• March 10 – John Temple, lawyer and politician
• July 29 – Richard Tennison, Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath
• December 25 – Nehemiah Donnellan, lawyer
• Diarmuid mac Sheáin Bhuí Mac Cárthaigh, poet.