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1712 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1712 in Ireland.

Incumbent

  • Monarch: Anne

Events

  • 12 November – A riot takes place in Dublin during a performance of Nicholas Rowe's Tamerlane a play which supports the Whig view of William III as a justified conqueror of Britain and Ireland. A prologue written by the Whiggish Samuel Garth is read, which inflames Tory and Jacobite opinion.
  • Bridge built over the River Bann at Banbridge.
  • A translation of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer into Irish, made by John Richardson (1664–1747), is published.

Births

  • October 15 – Leslie Corry, politician (d. 1741)
  • October 22 – James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn, politician (d. 1789)
  • Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon, impresario, founder of the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin (d. 1759)
  • Marcus Paterson, lawyer and politician (d. 1787)
  • approximate date
    • Riggs Falkiner, politician (d. 1797)
    • Arthur Jones-Nevill, politician (d. 1771)

Deaths

  • January 5 – Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, politician (b. 1641)
  • October – Robert Blennerhassett, lawyer (b. 1652)
  • William Edmondson, founder of Quakerism in Ireland (b. 1627)

References

References

  1. Forbes, Suzanne. ''Print and Party Politics in Ireland, 1689-1714''. Springer, 2018. p.89-90
  2. Mayne, Brian. (1 July 2006). "[[The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey]]". [[Oxford University Press]].
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