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1721 in Ireland

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1721 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1721 in Ireland.

Incumbent

  • Monarch: George I

Events

  • June 24 – an act of the Parliament of Great Britain permits Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, to purchase the Irish estates forfeited by his brother James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde.
  • The title Baron Bessborough, of Bessborough, Piltown in the County of Kilkenny, is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of William Ponsonby.

Births

  • Henry Jones, poet and tragedian (d. 1770)
  • Denis Maguire, Bishop (Catholic Church) (d. 1798)
  • Robert Murray, merchant (d. 1786)
  • Peter Parker, Admiral of the Fleet (d. 1811)
  • John Ruxton, landowner and politician (d. 1785)
  • Approximate date
    • Richard Houston, mezzotint engraver (d. 1775)
    • Alexander Montgomery, soldier and politician (d. 1785)

Deaths

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  • July 21 (hanged) – Walter Kennedy, pirate (b. c.1695)
  • September 20 – Thomas Doggett, actor and benefactor (b. c.1670)
  • Autumn – Godfrey Boate, judge (b. 1673)
  • Denis Daly, judge (b. c.1638)
  • Sir John Kirwan, merchant (b. 1650)

References

References

  1. (1989). "A New History of Ireland. '''8''': A Chronology of Irish History". Oxford University Press.
  2. (1990). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage". St Martin's Press.
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