1703 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1703 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- June 11 – Charles Hickman is consecrated as Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry.
- September 11 – a privateering expedition comprising the ships St George and Cinque Ports commanded by William Dampier leaves Kinsale for South America.
- Parliament of Ireland assembles on 21 September, the first under Anne, Queen of Great Britain, and the first for five years.[1]
- Popery Act (An Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery), enacted by the Parliament of Ireland, reintroduces gavelkind: when a Roman Catholic dies, his estate is to be divided equally among his sons (legitimate or otherwise) if they retain their Catholic faith.
- Treason Act (Ireland) 1703, enacted by the Parliament of Ireland, enforces the Protestant line of succession to the British throne.
- Sir Robert Doyne is appointed as Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas.
- The Parliament of Ireland investigates the possibility of improving navigation on the rivers Shannon and Barrow and constructing a Newry Canal.
Births
- January 22 (in France) – Antoine Walsh, slave trader and Jacobite (d. 1763 in San Domingo)
- February 5 – Gilbert Tennent, Presbyterian pastor in Colonial America (d. 1764)
- March 1 – Philip Tisdall, lawyer and politician (d. 1777)
- September 29 – Philip Syng, silversmith (d. 1789 in the United States)
- Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran, politician (d. 1773)
- John Ussher, politician (d. 1749)
- Approximate date
- John Blakeney, politician (d. 1747)
- Samuel Boyse, poet (d. 1749)
- Henry Brooke, novelist and dramatist (d. 1783)
- George Faulkner, publisher and bookseller (d. 1775)
References
- ^ Forbes, Suzanne (2018-03-22). Print and Party Politics in Ireland, 1689-1714. Springer. p. 169. ISBN 978-3-319-71586-5. Retrieved 2025-12-24.