1695 in Ireland

Events

• May 4 – Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan, is appointed Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, in succession to Lord Burlington, his grandfather, Lord Treasurer of Ireland since 1660.
• May 9 – the Whig Henry Capell, Lord Capell, is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.
• May 10 – Alan Brodrick is appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland; he is a supporter of Penal Laws against Roman Catholics.
• June – Robert Rochfort is appointed Attorney-General for Ireland.
• June 5 – the title of Viscount Lisburne and Baron Fethard, of Feathered in the County of Tipperary is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Welsh politician John Vaughan.
• August 27 – Parliament of Ireland opens. Robert Rochfort is elected Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.
• September 30-October 25 – an attempt is made in the Irish House of Commons to impeach Charles Porter for his conduct in office. He is acquitted following a speech made in his own defence.
• November 1 – The Parliament of Ireland passes the Sunday Observance Act to promote Sabbatarianism.
• The Parliament of Ireland passes the Education Act, one of the penal laws, prohibiting Roman Catholics from sending their children to be educated in Catholic countries abroad.
• Sir Richard Reynell is dismissed as Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland for incapacity and is succeeded by Sir Richard Pyne.
• Sir Nicholas Acheson is appointed High Sheriff of Armagh.

  Births

• Robert Clayton, Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher
• Approximate date – John Blunden, politician

  Deaths

• June – Dudley Loftus, jurist and orientalist
• Charles O'Kelly, soldier, politician and writer
• Hugh Reily, political writer