1761 in Ireland

Events from the year 1761 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: George III

Events

• 10 November – Protestant "manifesto of intolerance" ("Black Petition") against Roman Catholics signed in Galway.

Births

• 20 July – Arthur Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran, politician (died 1837).
• 17 September – Samuel Neilson, one of the founder members of the Society of United Irishmen and the founder of its newspaper the Northern Star (died 1803).
• 21 November – Dorothea Jordan (née Bland), actress and mistress of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, later King William IV (died 1816 in France).
• ;Full date unknown
• :*Michael Byrne, signed as an able seaman by Captain Bligh on HMS Bounty, primarily to play the fiddle.

Deaths

• 7 January – Darkey Kelly, brothel-keeper, burned at the stake for murder.
• 10 September – William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney, soldier (born 1672).

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