1720 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1720 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: George I
Events
- Declaratory Act 1720, declaring the right of the Parliament of Great Britain to legislate for Ireland and denying the appellate jurisdiction of the Irish House of Lords.[1]
- Dr Steevens' Hospital is established at Kilmainham, Dublin.[2]
- The Royal Cork Yacht Club is established as the Water Club of the Cork Harbour by William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin; it is widely acknowledged as the world's oldest yacht club.[3]
- Jonathan Swift publishes Proposal for Universal Use of Irish Manufacture.
Births
- in England)
- October 9 – Andrew Lewis, pioneer, surveyor and soldier in Virginia (d. 1781)
- October 18 – Peg Woffington, actress (d. 1760 in England)
- Full date unknown
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- Patrick Browne, physician and botanist (d. 1790)
- Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins, afterwards in Peru)
- Seamus McMurphy, poet and outlaw (d. 1750)
Deaths
- May 7 – James Cotter the Younger, hanged in Cork after a criminal trial, ostensibly for rape, but also connected to his key role in the 1713 Dublin election riot.
- August 18 – Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer, Admiral of the Royal Navy (b. c.1650)
References
- ^ "First Parliament of George I: Fifth session – begins 23 November 1719", The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons : volume 6: 1714–1727 (1742), pp. 198–218. Retrieved on 2012-08-02.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Thomas Percy Claude (1924). The History of Dr Steevens' Hospital, Dublin 1720–1920. Dublin University Press.
- ^ "History of the Western Yacht Club". Western Yacht Club. Archived from the original on 2008-10-19.