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1759 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1759 in Ireland
.
←
1758
1757
1756
1755
1754
1759
in
Ireland
→
1760
1761
1762
1763
1764
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1730s
1740s
1750s
1760s
1770s
See also:
Other events of 1759
List of years in Ireland
Incumbent
edit
Monarch
:
George II
Events
edit
Restrictions on import of Irish cattle into England are removed.
[1]
Henry Flood
enters the
Parliament of Ireland
as a member for
Kilkenny
.
[1]
Planned French Invasion of Britain
:
France
considers offering the
Kingdom of Ireland
to a
Stuart
pretender
.
Formation of the Irish Catholic Committee, of Dublin merchants and professionals loyal to the
British monarchy
.
31 December –
Arthur Guinness
leases the
St. James's Gate
Brewery
in
Dublin
.
Arts and literature
edit
West front of
Trinity College Dublin
on
College Green
completed by architects
Henry Keene
and John Sanderson.
Births
edit
5 March –
Thomas Bray
,
Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Cashel
(died
1820
).
9 September –
Hercules Taylour
, soldier and politician (died
1790
).
Adam Buck
, miniaturist and portrait painter (died 1833 in London).
James Craig
, politician (died
1833
).
Charles Osborne
, lawyer and politician (died
1817
).
Approximate date
Sir James Galbraith, 1st Baronet
, politician (died
1827
).
Robert Philson
, soldier and politician in the
United States
(died
1831
).
Deaths
edit
16 February –
Bartholomew Mosse
, surgeon, impresario, founded the
Rotunda Hospital
in
Dublin
(born
1712
).
Richard Pockrich
, inventor of the
Angelic organ
(born c. 1690).
Henry Singleton
, judge (born
1682
).
References
edit
^
a
b
Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967).
The Course of Irish History
. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 373.