1741 in Ireland
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Events from the year1741 in Ireland.
Incumbent
[edit]Events
[edit]- January–April –Great Irish Famine (1740–1741)at its height.[1]
- June–August – hot summer. The harvest is improved, but disease encouraged.[1]
- 2 October – the Bull's Head Musical Society opens a Music Hall inFishamble Street,Dublin.[2]
- 18 November – the composerGeorge Frideric Handelarrives in Dublin to give a series of concerts.[3]
- Commencement of construction of obelisk and other works onKilliney Hill(overlookingDublin Bay) by John Mapas to relieve poverty.[1]
- Completion of rebuilding ofPowerscourt HouseinCounty Wicklowby the architectRichard Cassels.
Births
[edit]- 23 June –William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty,politician and statesman (died1805).
- 4 October –Edmond Malone,Shakespeare scholar and literary critic (died1812).
- 11 October –James Barry,painter (died1806).
- Approximate date –Bryan Higgins,chemist (died1818)
Deaths
[edit]- 16 March –Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry,politician (born1668).
- John Ussher,soldier and politician (born1682).
References
[edit]- ^abcMoody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989).A New History of Ireland.8:A Chronology of Irish History.Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-19-821744-2.
- ^de Courcy, J.W. (1996).The Liffey in Dublin.Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 468.ISBN0-7171-2423-1.
- ^Burrows, Donald(2004)."Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(Online (October 2007) ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12192.Retrieved2013-02-26.(subscription orUK public library membershiprequired)