1718 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1718 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: George I
Events
- May 2 – the scholar William Nicolson is appointed Bishop of Derry.[1]
- Roman Catholic Bishopric of Emly is united with the Archbishopric of Cashel.
- July–August – the first ships carrying
- October 28 – Ashkenazi Jews lease the site for Ballybough Cemetery in Fairview, Dublin, Ireland's first Jewish cemetery.[3]
- Jervis Street Hospital, is founded by six surgeons as the Charitable Infirmary in Cook Street, the first public voluntary hospital in the British Isles.[4][5]
Births
- March 2 – John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly, politician and peer (d. 1784)
- Nano Nagle, founder of the Presentation Sisters (d. 1784)
Deaths
- October 24 – Thomas Parnell, clergyman and poet (b. 1679)
- Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh, historian (b. 1629)
References
- required.)
- ^ "The arrival of "five ships" in August, 1718". Lynx2Ulster. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ "History of the Jewish Cemetery". Fairview-Marino.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ^ Widdess, J. D. H. (1968). The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, Dublin, 1718–1968. Dublin.
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