1673 25 Jul
Sovereign of Dingle
The only surviving record of a sovereign of Dingle during the 17th century.
On this date, the Corporation of Dingle elected Thomas Amory as sovereign. Amory was a former Cromwellian officer, who had submitted to Charles II. His election indicates the strength of the Protestant Interest in Munster and indeed in Ireland. Their position was championed by Roger Boyle, formerly Baron Broghill, who had brought a Parliamentarian army into Munster during the 1640s. He submitted to Charles II at the restoration of the monarchy, and was created Earl of Orrery in 1660
