1708 in Ireland

Events

• March 11 – the scholar Dr. Thomas Milles is appointed Church of Ireland Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, in which office he will serve until his death in 1740.
• March 25 – a registry of deeds begins operation in Ireland.
• The original wooden Belfast Castle, the home of Sir Arthur Chichester, baron of Belfast, is burned down.
• An act of Parliament is passed, dividing the parish of St. Nicholas Without, Dublin, and giving part of it the denomination of St. Luke's.

  Births

• January 7 – George Stone, Archbishop of Armagh
• July 13 – Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby, Archbishop of Armagh and benefactor
• July 19 – Philip Francis, clergyman and translator
• Risteárd Buidhe Kirwan, soldier and duellist

  Deaths

• Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet, landowner and politician.
• Francis Makemie, clergyman, considered to be the founder of Presbyterianism in United States of America