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1745 in Ireland
Events from the year
1745 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
George II
Events
19 October âÂÂ
Jonathan Swift
,
satirist
and
Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
, dies aged 78. His body is laid out in public for the people of
Dublin
to pay their last respects, and he is buried, in accordance with his wishes, in his
cathedral
by
Esther Johnson
's side with
his own epitaph
:
Ubi sæva Indignatio / Ulterius / Cor lacerare nequit
("where savage indignation can no longer lacerate the heart").
Bartholomew Mosse
establishes the
Dublin Lying-In Hospital
.
The town walls of
Youghal
are repaired.
Births
14 April âÂÂ
Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley
, politician (died
1824
).
24 December âÂÂ
William Paterson
, jurist in the United States (died
1806
).
Deaths
13 May âÂÂ
Charles Coffey
, playwright and composer.
19 October âÂÂ
Jonathan Swift
, cleric, satirist, essayist and poet (born
1667
).
16 November âÂÂ
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
, soldier and statesman (born
1665
).
References