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See also:	Other events of 1659 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1659 in Ireland.

• Lord Protector:Richard Cromwell (until 25 May)

• 25 May –Richard Cromwell (son ofOliver) resigns asLord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.^[1]
• 15 June –Henry Cromwell (son of Oliver) resigns asLord Lieutenant of Ireland.

• September –Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn,Jacobite and soldier, fought at theBattle of the Boyne (d.1691)
• 28 October –Nicholas Brady, Anglican divine and poet (d.1726)

• 1650s in Ireland
• Years of the 17th century in Ireland
• 1659 in Europe
• 1659 by country

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