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1747 in Ireland
Events from the year
1747 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
George II
Events
19 January â "Kelly riots" at the
Smock Alley Theatre
in
Dublin
when
Thomas Sheridan
, the proprietor, is in dispute with some gentlemen.
28 February âÂÂ
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
.
21 April âÂÂ
Edmund Burke
sets up Burke's Club, a debating society at
Trinity College Dublin
, which will become the
College Historical Society
.
9–14 August âÂÂ
John Wesley
pays his first visit to Ireland.
14 August â 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
âÂÂ
Charles Wesley
pays his first visit to Ireland.
11 September âÂÂ
Daniel O'Reilly
is appointed to succeed
Ross MacMahon
as Roman Catholic
Bishop of Clogher
, an office he will hold until
1778
.
Births
February âÂÂ
Daniel Delany
, Bishop of Kildare and Leighton (1787âÂÂ1814), founder of
Carlow College
(1793),
Brigidine Sisters
(1807) and
Patrician Brothers
(1808).
8 April âÂÂ
William Hales
, clergyman and scientific writer (died
1831
).
27 December âÂÂ
R. Luke Concanen
, Dominican priest, consecrated first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York (died 1810 in Naples).
John Dunlap
, printer of the
United States Declaration of Independence
(died
1812 in the United States
).
Andrew Robinson Stoney
, adventurer (died 1810 in King's Bench Prison, London).
Deaths
27 May âÂÂ
Bernard MacMahon
, Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Armagh
(born
1680
).
Anthony Duane
, businessman in America (born
1679
).
References