1754 in Ireland

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See also:Other events of 1754
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1754 in Ireland.

Incumbent[]

  • Monarch: George II

Events[]

  • 6 March – Thomas Dillon, Richard Ferrall and Co.'s bank failure in Dublin due to fraud, the first of three (1754–1755); the partners abscond to France.[1]
  • County of Meath Infirmary established at Navan.[2]

Arts and literature[]

  • 2 March – riot at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin. Thomas Sheridan, the manager, resigns, and leaves Ireland on 15 September.[1]

Births[]

  • 15 January – Richard Martin, "Humanity Dick", politician and animal rights activist (died 1834)
  • 7 May – Adam Averell, Primitive Wesleyan cleric (died 1847)
  • 23 May – William Drennan, physician, poet, educationalist and co-founder of the Society of United Irishmen (died 1820)
  • 14 July – Robert Ward, politician (died 1831)
  • 25 August – Charles Coote, 2nd Baron Castle Coote, politician (died 1823)
  • 9 December – Francis Rawdon, politician and military officer (died 1826 at sea)
  • Cornelius Heeney, merchant and politician in America (died 1848)
  • Patrick O'Kelly, poet and eccentric (died 1835)
  • Approximate date – Andrew Todd, fur trader in North America (died 1796)

Deaths[]

  • 2 January – William James Conolly, politician.
  • 16 April – Donal O'Sullivan of Dunkerron Castle, County Kerry.
  • John K'Eogh, cleric and natural historian (born c.1681)
  • Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill, poet (born 1691)

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Scally, Barbara (2008). "Origins of the County of Meath Infirmary". Ríocht na Midhe. 19: 146–56.
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