1700 in Ireland

Events

• December 28 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

  Arts and literature

• c. March – the Yellow Book of Lecan is acquired by antiquary Edward Lhuyd.
• An edition of the late 16th-century Scots poet Alexander Montgomerie's The Cherrie and the Slae is printed in Ulster.

  Births

• James Arbuckle, poet and critic
• Daniel O'Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher
• James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown, politician
• William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, peer and politician

  Deaths

• Henry Colley, politician
• Sir William Gore, 3rd Baronet.