1724 in Ireland

Summary

Events from the year 1724 in Ireland

1724
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
  • 1740s
See also:Other events of 1724
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent edit

Events edit

  • March – Jonathan Swift publishes the first of the Drapier's Letters (A Letter To the Shop-Keepers, Tradesmen, Farmers, and Common-People of Ireland, Concerning the Brass Half-Pence Coined by Mr. Woods).[1]
  • 22 May – a total solar eclipse crosses Ireland around 6:30 p.m.
  • John Neal, an instrument-maker and music publisher based in Christ Church Yard, Dublin, publishes the earliest printed collection of Irish music, which includes pieces by Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan.[2]

Births edit

 
Arthur Guinness

Deaths edit

References edit

  1. ^ Scott, Temple (1903). "Letter 1, Introductory Note". The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, vol. VI: The Drapier's Letters. London: George Bell and Sons.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Bardon 2015, p. 14.

Sources edit

  • Bardon, Jonathan (2015). Hallelujah - The Story of a Musical Genius and the City That Brought his Masterpiece to Life. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN 978-0717163540.