1751 in Ireland
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See also: | Other events of 1751 List of years in Ireland |
Events from the year 1751 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: George II
Events
- 5 October – the title Earl of Upper Ossory is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of John FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron Gowran.[1]
- The house which will become Áras an Uachtaráin is built in Phoenix Park, Dublin, by the park's Chief Ranger, politician Nathaniel Clements, to his own design.[2]
Arts and literature
- The actress Peg Woffington begins a 3-year residence in her native Dublin at Thomas Sheridan's Smock Alley Theatre.
Births
- September – MP (died 1837).
- 19 October – Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine, soldier in France (died 1799).
- 30 October – Richard Brinsley Sheridan, playwright and statesman (died 1816).
- Undated – high treason 1803).
Deaths
- 19 April – Peter Lacy, soldier, imperial commander in Russia (born 1678).
References
- ISBN 978-0-436-30420-0.
- ^ "Outline History of Áras an Uachtaráin". Áras an Uachtaráin. Retrieved 2013-01-07.