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1744 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1744 in Ireland.

Incumbent

Monarch: George II

Events

26 February – a house in Pill Lane, Dublin, collapses while Roman Catholic mass is being held there, killing the priest and nine of the congregation.
14 April – the Physico-Historical Society is formed in Dublin for the preservation of 'manuscripts, rare printed books, and natural curiosities relating to Ireland'.
20 April – Arthur Price is translated from Meath to become Church of Ireland Archbishop of Cashel (letters patent 7 May).
23 May – the Hospital for Incurables is opened in Dublin as a charitable institution.
1 August (12 August New Style) – Battle of Velletri in the Kingdom of Naples: Spanish-Neapolitan forces defeat those of the Archduchy of Austria. Irish mercenaries fight on both sides.
3 August – the Colthurst Baronetcy, of Ardrum in the County of Cork, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland.
c. October – wet and cold season, leading to oats and potatoes being spoiled in the north – the 'rot year'.

Arts and literature

5 February – Spranger Barry makes his stage debut at the Theatre Royal, Dublin (Smock Alley).
6 December – first performance of Handel's Irish-premiered oratorio Messiah in Cork, at St. Finbarr's Cathedral.
Drawing school of the Dublin Society is founded.

Births

11 July – Pierce Butler, soldier, planter, statesman, one of United States' Founding Fathers, represented South Carolina in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Senate (died 1822).
;Full date unknown
:*Robert Brooke, soldier, Governor of St Helena (died 1811).
:*Bishop James Murphy, Bishop of Clogher 1801–1824 (died 1824).
:*Robert Owenson, actor and author (died 1812).

Deaths

11 January – James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (born 1686).
23 January – Thomas Griffith, actor (born 1680).

References

(1989). "A New History of Ireland. '''8''': A Chronology of Irish History". Oxford University Press.
Watson, John. "The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack for 1745".
(1990). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage". St Martin's Press.

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