1747 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1747 in Ireland.
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Events
- 19 January - "Kelly riots" at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin when Thomas Sheridan, the proprietor, is in dispute with some gentlemen.[1]
- 28 February - George Stone, Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry, is elevated to Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (letters patent 13 March), an office he will hold until 1764.[1]
- 21 April - Edmund Burke sets up Burke's Club, a debating society at Trinity College, Dublin, which will become the College Historical Society.[1]
- 9–14 August - John Wesley pays his first visit to Ireland.[1]
- 14 August - Death of Thaddeus McCarthy, last Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork and Cloyne. The see is separated into the bishopric of Cork and the bishopric of Cloyne and Ross.
- 9 September–20 March 1748 - Charles Wesley pays his first visit to Ireland.[1]
- 11 September - Daniel O'Reilly is appointed to succeed Ross MacMahon as Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, an office he will hold until 1778.
Births
- 8 April - William Hales, clergyman and scientific writer (died 1831).
- Denis Daly, landowner, MP and Mayor of Galway (died 1792).
- John Dunlap, printer of the United States Declaration of Independence (died 1812).
- Daniel Delany, Bishop of Kildare and Leighton (1787 - 1814), established Carlow College (1793), founder of the Brigidine Sisters (1807) and the Patrician Brothers (1808).
Deaths
- 27 May - Bernard MacMahon, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh (born 1680).
- Anthony Duane, businessman in America (born 1679).
