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Events from the year 1655 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- July – Henry Cromwell, son of Oliver, is appointed as major-general of the forces in Ireland and a member of the Irish council of state. After the Lord Deputy, Charles Fleetwood, departs for England in September, Henry Cromwell de facto takes over that role also.
Births
- Approximate date
- Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Baronet, politician (d. 1701)
- Henry Luttrell, soldier (d. 1717) (killed)
- Daniel Roseingrave, organist (d. 1727)
Deaths
- February 16 – Rory (Roger) O'Moore, principal organizer of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 (b. c. 1620)
- June 16 – James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane, peer (b. 1633) [1]
References
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1892). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. IV (1st ed.). London: George Bell and Sons. OCLC 1180828941. – G to K (for Hamilton of Strabane)