1743 in Ireland
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List of years in Ireland
Events from the year 1743 in Ireland.
Incumbent
[edit ]Events
[edit ]- c. April – radical apothecary Charles Lucas publishes his pamphlet A Remonstrance against certain Infringements on the Rights and Liberties of the Commons and Citizens of Dublin,[1] arguing that the right of electing Aldermen for Dublin lies with the entire Corporation.
- 15 June – Arthur Jones-Nevill is appointed Surveyor General of Ireland [2] in succession to Arthur Dobbs.
Births
[edit ]- 16 April – William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Tuam (died 1819)[3]
- 16 June – Aedanus Burke, soldier, judge, and United States Representative from South Carolina (died 1802)
- 3 October – Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley, politician (died 1801)
- Joseph Atkinson, dramatist (died 1818)
- Henry Vaughan Brooke, politician (died 1807)
- James Gandon, architect (died 1823)
- Edward Hudson, dentist (died 1821)
- Approximate date – William Creed, politician and merchant in British North America (died 1809)
Deaths
[edit ]- 11 April – Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet, politician.
- 3 June – Henry Hamilton, politician (born 1692)
- 16 June – Henry Cairnes, politician (born 1673)
- 20/26 August – Abel Strettel, co-founder of Ballitore village, County Kildare
- James Barry, politician (born 1689)
- Price Hartstonge, politician (born 1692)
References
[edit ]- ^ 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.
- ^ By letters patent issued by Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
- ^ "Dictionary of Irish Biography - Cambridge University Press". dib.cambridge.org. Retrieved 12 January 2021.