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1746 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1746 in Ireland
.
←
1745
1744
1743
1742
1741
1746
in
Ireland
→
1747
1748
1749
1750
1751
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1720s
1730s
1740s
1750s
1760s
See also:
Other events of 1746
List of years in Ireland
Incumbent
edit
Monarch
:
George II
Events
edit
19 March – an act of the
Parliament of Great Britain
prohibits the export of glass from Ireland.
[1]
26 March – King
George II of Great Britain
grants the
Dublin Society
£500 pa from the
Privy Purse
.
[1]
11 April – acts:
[1]
"for licensing hawkers and pedlars and for the encouragement of English Protestant schools" provides grants for
charter schools
.
preventing Irish subjects in the service of France or Spain from holding property.
to annul future marriages celebrated by
Roman Catholic
priests if either (or both) of the parties are
Protestant
.
June – English preacher
John Cennick
arrives in Ireland to evangelise for the
Moravian Church
.
[1]
8 August – charter for
St Patrick's Hospital
for Imbeciles to be established in
Dublin
under the will of
Jonathan Swift
(died
1745
).
[1]
Charles Smith
's
The Ancient and Present state of
Waterford
is published in Dublin.
[1]
Arts and literature
edit
The
National College of Art and Design
originates as a private drawing school set up by the painter
Robert West
in Dublin.
Births
edit
3 July –
Henry Grattan
, member of
Irish House of Commons
and campaigner for legislative freedom for the
Irish Parliament
(died
1820
).
Thomas Hussey
,
diplomat
,
chaplain
, and Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
(died
1803
).
Deaths
edit
22 May –
Thomas Southerne
, dramatist (born
1660
).
8 August –
Francis Hutcheson
, theologian and philosopher (born
1694
).
References
edit
^
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
.