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1778 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1778 in Ireland.

Incumbent

Monarch: George III

Events

28 March – Hugh O'Reilly succeeds Daniel O'Reilly as Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, an office he will hold until 1801.
April – the Ladies of Llangollen run away from Ireland to set up a rural household together.
24 April – American Revolutionary War: North Channel Naval Duel: John Paul Jones in captures in the North Channel off Carrickfergus.
Papists Act provides a measure of Catholic Relief: Catholics now have property rights and may intermarry; and restoration of Catholic religious institutions begins.
Charles Vallancey surveys West Cork.
The 90ft tall round tower adjoining the Church of St Michael le Pole in Dublin is demolished for safety reasons after being damaged by a storm in November 1775{{Cite web |last=Clerkin | first=Paul | url=https://www.archiseek.com/st-michael-le-pole-dublin/ |title=12th C. - St Michael le Pole, Dublin |date=2013-01-12 |access-date=2025-06-22

Births

4 March – Robert Emmet, nationalist, rebel against British rule in 1803 (executed 1803).
18 May – Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, soldier, politician and nobleman (died 1854).
29 September – Catherine McAuley, nun (died 1841).
15 November – George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh, politician (died 1840).

Deaths

March – Thomas Roberts, landscape painter (born 1748).
28 March – Daniel O’Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (born 1700).

References

"Bishop Hugh O’Reilly [Catholic-Hierarchy]".

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