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1759 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1759 in Ireland.

Incumbent

  • Monarch: George II

Events

  • Restrictions on import of Irish cattle into England are removed.
  • Henry Flood enters the Parliament of Ireland as a member for Kilkenny.
  • Planned French Invasion of Britain: France considers offering the Kingdom of Ireland to a Stuart pretender.
  • Formation of the Irish Catholic Committee, of Dublin merchants and professionals loyal to the British monarchy.
  • 31 December – Arthur Guinness leases the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin.

Arts and literature

  • West front of Trinity College Dublin on College Green completed by architects Henry Keene and John Sanderson.

Births

  • 5 March – Thomas Bray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel (died 1820).
  • 9 September – Hercules Taylour, soldier and politician (died 1790).
  • Adam Buck, miniaturist and portrait painter (died 1833 in London).
  • James Craig, politician (died 1833).
  • Charles Osborne, lawyer and politician (died 1817).
  • Approximate date
    • Sir James Galbraith, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1827).
    • Robert Philson, soldier and politician in the United States (died 1831).

Deaths

  • 16 February – Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon, impresario, founded the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin (born 1712).
  • Richard Pockrich, inventor of the Angelic organ (born c. 1690).
  • Henry Singleton, judge (born 1682).

References

References

  1. (1967). "The Course of Irish History". Mercier Press.
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