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1719 in Ireland
Events from the year
1719 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
George I
Events
November 2
â the
Toleration Act
("For exempting the Protestant Dissenters of this kingdom from certain penalties to which they are now subject"), passed by the
Parliament of Ireland
, receives
Royal Assent
.
March 26
Old Style
(1720
New Style
) â the
Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719
is passed by the
Parliament of Great Britain
.
First service held in the rebuilt
St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin
(
Church of Ireland
), designed by Colonel
Thomas Burgh
, M.P.,
Surveyor General of Ireland
.
Cornelius Nary
publishes a new
Roman Catholic
New Testament
Bible translation into English
, probably in Dublin.
Births
August 18
âÂÂ
Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor
, politician (d.
1781
)
November 23
âÂÂ
Spranger Barry
, actor (d.
1777
)
James Freney
,
highwayman
(d.
1788
)
Godfrey Lill
, lawyer and politician (d.
1783
)
Thomas Sheridan
, actor and elocutionist (d.
1788
)
Deaths
March 18
âÂÂ
ÃÂlie Bouhéreau
, scholar-librarian (b.
1643
)
December 24
âÂÂ
William O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Inchiquin
, governor (b.
1662
)
Henry Colley
, politician (b.
1648
)
Richard Pockrich
, landowner, military commander and politician (b. c.
1666
)
References