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1773 in Ireland
Events from the year
1773 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
George III
Events
Formation of
Volunteer
corps: the First
Magherafelt
Volunteers (June); and the Offerlane Blues (10 October).
Arts and literature
15 March â first performance of
Oliver Goldsmith
's comedy
She Stoops to Conquer
at the
Covent Garden Theatre
in
London
.
4 May âÂÂ
EibhlÃÂn Dubh NÃÂ Chonaill
(Eileen O' Connell) composes the
keen
Caoineadh Airt UÃÂ Laoghaire
over the body of her husband
Art ÃÂ Laoghaire
.
Thomas Leland
publishes
The History of Ireland, from the invasion of Henry II
.
Births
23 July âÂÂ
Abraham Colles
, professor of
Anatomy
,
Surgery
and
Physiology
at the
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
(died
1843
).
19 August âÂÂ
Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry
, politician (died
1853
).
19 November âÂÂ
Robert Arbuthnot
, British military officer (died 1853).
22 November âÂÂ
John George de la Poer Beresford
, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) (died
1862
).
;Full date unknown
:*
William Beatty
, Ship's Surgeon on during the
Battle of Trafalgar
(died
1842
).
:*
Edward Bunting
, musician (died
1843
).
:*
John Shaw
,
Captain
in the
United States Navy
(died
1823
).
Deaths
17 April âÂÂ
Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran
, politician (born
1703
).
19 November âÂÂ
Charles Clinton
,
French and Indian War
Colonel
(born
1690
.
19 November âÂÂ
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster
, politician (born
1722
).
References