1659 in Ireland

Events

• May 25 – Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
• June 15 – Henry Cromwell resigns as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

  Births

• September – Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn, Jacobite and soldier, fought at the Battle of the Boyne
• October 28 – Nicholas Brady, Anglican divine and poet

  Deaths