1750 in Ireland

Events from the year 1750 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: George II

Events

• At about this date, a chocolate house, the predecessor of Daly's Club, is established in Dublin.
• Captain Henry Delamain takes over the World's End Pottery in Dublin, bringing his expertise in the manufacture of Delftware.

Births

• 7 February – Thomas McCord, businessman and politician in Lower Canada (died 1824)
• 24 July – John Philpot Curran, orator and wit, lawyer and MP (died 1817)
• Full date unknown

Deaths

• 29 July – Laetitia Pilkington, poet and memoirist (born c. 1709)
• Seamus McMurphy, poet and outlaw (born 1720)

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