1739 in Ireland

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See also:Other events of 1739
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1739 in Ireland.

Incumbent[]

  • Monarch: George II

Events[]

  • April 27 – the trial of Henry Barry, 4th Baron Barry of Santry, before the Irish House of Lords for the drunken murder of a tavern servant in Palmerstown the previous summer opens; he is convicted but later pardoned.
  • July–August – wet summer, affecting the harvest and the cutting of turf.[1]
  • September 26 – "Address of the Roman Catholics of Ireland" to George II of Great Britain requesting longer leases.[1]
  • October 6 – the title Earl of Bessborough is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, chief commissioner of revenue.[1]
  • December 27–February 1740 – the 'Great Frost': unusually harsh winter.[2]

Births[]

  • September 27 – Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, politician (d. 1821)
  • October 31 – James Gordon, merchant, soldier, and politician in America (d. 1810)

Full date unknown

  • Judge Fulton, judge, surveyor, politician, and founder of the village of Bass River, Nova Scotia (d. 1826)
  • Hugh Kelly, dramatist and poet (d. 1777)
  • Hugh O'Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d. 1801)

Deaths[]

  • Charles Jervas, painter, translator and art collector (b. c.1675)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
  2. ^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 215–216. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
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