1762 in Ireland

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Last updated January 11, 2021

Events from the year 1762 in Ireland.

Events

February – Roman Catholic nobility and gentry offer support to King George III in the Seven Years' War in the Iberian Peninsula.^[1]
20 March – a French privateer takes six ships off Youghal.^[2]
30 April – acts grant security to Protestants who have acquired property from Catholics.^[1]
Old St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, in Marlborough Street, is completed.
Watt distillery in Derry is established; it will produce Tyrconnell (whiskey).

Arts and literature

14 May – Charles Macklin's The True-Born Irishman is first performed at the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin.^[1]
Approximate date – James Barry paints Baptism of the King of Cashel.

Births

11 January – Andrew Cherry, playwright, songwriter, actor and theatrical manager (died 1812 in Wales).
24 February – Gideon Ouseley, Methodism's 'apostle to the Irish' (died 1839).
20 May – Eyre Coote, British Army officer (died 1832).
1 June – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist, founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers (died 1844).
12 June – Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker, politician (died 1834).
25 December – Michael Kelly, actor, singer and composer (died 1826).
Henry Browne Hayes, sheriff and abductor (died 1832).
Approximate date – John Chetwode Eustace, Roman Catholic priest and antiquary (died 1815 in Italy).

Deaths

20 February – Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby, politician (born c.1720).
20 March – James Cuffe, landowner (born 1707).
22 March – Courthorpe Clayton, soldier and courtier.
September
- Francesco Geminiani, violinist and composer (born 1687 in Italy).
- Seán Ó Murchadha, poet.^[1]
16 November – John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, writer (born 1707).
30 December – Robert Blakeney, politician (born c.1724).
Macnamara Morgan, playwright and barrister (born c.1720).
Charles Smith, topographer and apothecary (born 1715).

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References

1 2 3 4 Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
↑ Prendergast, Jean (2002–2013). "Youghal – Genealogy & History". Cork Ancestors. Retrieved 2013-03-01.

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[Chronology-1] 1 2 3 4 Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.

[2] Prendergast, Jean (2002–2013). "Youghal – Genealogy & History". Cork Ancestors. Retrieved 2013-03-01.

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