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A board of trustees for linen manufacture is established

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A French force of 1,019 men under General Humbert lands at Killala, Co. Mayo

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A Jacobite force under Patrick Sarsfield, guided by Galloping Hogan, destroys a Williamite siege train at Ballyneety, hampering the siege of Limerick

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A statutory provision is made for the establishment of a national gallery of paintings, sculpture and fine arts in Ireland