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.[1]
  • 14 April – the Physico-Historical Society is formed in Dublin for the preservation of 'manuscripts, rare printed books, and natural curiosities relating to Ireland'.[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • 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.[1]
  • 3 August – the Colthurst Baronetcy, of Ardrum in the County of Cork, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland.[3]
  • c. October – wet and cold season, leading to oats and potatoes being spoiled in the north – the 'rot year'.[1]

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.[1]
  • Drawing school of the Dublin Society is founded.[1]

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[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ Watson, John. The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack for 1745.
  3. ^ Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.
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