1770 in Ireland

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1770
in
Ireland

Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1750s
  • 1760s
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
See also:Other events of 1770
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1770 in Ireland.

Incumbent[]

  • Monarch: George III

Events[]

  • 21 March – the College Historical Society, a debating society at Trinity College Dublin, founded by Edmund Burke, holds its first meeting[1] when Burke's Club (founded 1747) merges with the Historical Club (1753).
  • Lough Ree Yacht Club is founded as Athlone Yacht Club.

Arts and literature[]

Births[]

  • 30 November – Andrew Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney, soldier, politician and peer (died 1832).
    Full date unknown
    • William Reid Clanny, physician and inventor of the Clanny safety lamp for miners (died 1850).
    • James Orr, rhyming weaver poet (died 1816).

Deaths[]

  • 12 January – James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown, politician (born 1700).
  • 12 September – William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly, politician (born 1710).
    Full date unknown
    • Francis Lucas, naval officer and merchant trader (b. c1741).

References[]

  1. ^ "College Historical Society". University of Dublin, Trinity College, Central Societies Committee. 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
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