1739 in Ireland

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Last updated April 16, 2024

Events from the year 1739 in Ireland.

Incumbent

Monarch: George II

Events

27 April – the trial of Henry Barry, 4th Baron Barry of Santry, before the Irish House of Lords for the drunken murder of a tavern servant in Palmerstown the previous summer opens; he is convicted but later pardoned.
July–August – wet summer, affecting the harvest and the cutting of turf.^[1]
26 September – "Address of the Roman Catholics of Ireland" to George II of Great Britain requesting longer leases.^[1]
6 October – the title Earl of Bessborough is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, chief commissioner of revenue.^[1]
27 December –February 1740 – the 'Great Frost': unusually harsh winter.^[2]

Births

27 September – Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, politician (d. 1821)
31 October – James Gordon, merchant, soldier, and politician in America (d. 1810)

Full date unknown

Judge Fulton, judge, surveyor, politician, and founder of the village of Bass River, Nova Scotia (d. 1826)
Hugh Kelly, dramatist and poet (d. 1777)
Hugh O'Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d. 1801)

Deaths

Charles Jervas, painter, translator and art collector (b. c.1675)

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Events from the year 1675 in Ireland.

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Events from the year 1852 in the United Kingdom.

Events from the year 1836 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1740 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1694 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1736 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1844 in the United Kingdom.

Events from the year 1685 in England. This year sees a change of monarch.

Events from the year 1736 in Great Britain.

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References

1 2 3 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.
↑ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 215–216. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

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[Chronology-1] 1 2 3 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.

[CBH-2] Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 215–216. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

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