1656 in Ireland
# 1656 in Ireland

Events from the year 1656 in Ireland.

## Incumbent

* Lord Protector: Oliver Cromwell

## Events

* Cromwellian soldier William Morris becomes a Quaker, founding a meeting at Belturbet, County Cavan, before returning to his home at Castle Salem, Cork.
* William Petty completes the comprehensive mapping of Ireland known as the Down Survey.

## Births

* April 17 – William Molyneux, natural philosopher and writer, founder of the Dublin Philosophical Society (d.1698).

## Deaths

* March 21 – James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) and Primate of All Ireland, published the Ussher chronology purporting to time and date creation (b. 1581)
* Approximate date – Sir Dominick Browne, merchant and landowner (b. c.1585)
