1781 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1781 in Ireland.
Incumbent[]
- Monarch: George III
Events[]
- 8 August – construction of The Custom House, Dublin, to the design of James Gandon, begins.[1]
Arts and literature[]
- First annual Granard harp festival.
Births[]
- 6 February – John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, British Army Lieutenant-General (died 1844).
- 25 December? – Sydney Owenson, novelist (died 1859).
- William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor, painter (died 1850).
Deaths[]
- 26 September – Andrew Lewis, pioneer and surveyor, soldier from Virginia (born 1720).
References[]
- ^ 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.
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