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1739 in Ireland
Events from the year
1739 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
George II
Events
27 April
â the trial of
Henry Barry, 4th Baron Barry of Santry
, before the
Irish House of Lords
for the drunken murder of a tavern servant in
Palmerstown
the previous summer opens; he is convicted but later pardoned.
July–August â wet summer, affecting the harvest and the cutting of turf.
26 September
â "Address of the
Roman Catholic
s of Ireland" to
George II of Great Britain
requesting longer leases.
6 October
â the title
Earl of Bessborough
is created in the
Peerage of Ireland
in favour of
Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon
, chief commissioner of revenue.
27 December
–February
1740
â the 'Great Frost': unusually harsh winter in which the
River Liffey
froze over, and citizens "walked and recreated themselves upon the ice".
Births
27 September
âÂÂ
Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry
, politician (d.
1821
)
31 October
âÂÂ
James Gordon
, merchant, soldier, and politician in America (d.
1810
)
Full date unknown
Judge Fulton
,
judge
,
surveyor
, politician, and founder of the village of
Bass River, Nova Scotia
(d.
1826
)
Hugh Kelly
, dramatist and poet (d.
1777
)
Hugh O'Reilly
,
Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher
(d.
1801
)
Deaths
Charles Jervas
, painter, translator and art collector (b. c.
1675
)
References