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1679 | | Proclamation to imprison the relations of Tories until the principals be lolled or apprehended; also for apprehending the parish priest where a robbery was committed. The Royal College of Physicians founded. | |
1680 | | Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, for decayed and disabled soldiers, commenced to be built on the site of the dissolved Priory of Kilmainham. | |
1681 | | Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic archbishop of Dublin, hanged at Tyburn on a charge of treason. | |
1682 | | Ormond-market opened. Population of the city, according to Sir William Petty, 60,000. | |
1684 | | James II. proclaimed in Dublin. Part of the Castle burnt. Ormond-bridge and Arran-bridge built. Royal Hospital opened. St. Bridget's Church built. | |
1686 | | The city charter renewed by James II. under a quo warranto. A meeting-house erected in Meath-street by the Society of Friends. | |
1687 | | An inundation of the Liffey, by which the low parts of the city were laid under water, and part of Essex bridge broken down. | |
1688 | | The Tholsel built at the expense of the city. Commission of grace held its sittings at the King's Inns. A severe frost from December to the end of March. | |
1688 | | James II arrives in Dublin, and holds a parliament at the King's Inns. A mint set up in which brass money was coined, to pass for half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences, to the nominal value of £1,496,799, the Weight of metal being 879,724 lbs. | |
1689 | | Trinity College converted into a barrack. | |