1751 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1751 in Ireland.
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 - William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel, peer and 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 - Edward Marcus Despard, British colonel turned revolutionary (executed for high treason 1803).
Deaths
- 19 April - Peter Lacy, soldier, imperial commander in Russia (born 1678).
References
- ↑ The Peerage.
- ↑ "Outline History of Áras an Uachtaráin". Áras an Uachtaráin. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
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