1723 in Ireland
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Events from the year1723 in Ireland.
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
- March 12– the title ofViscount Palmerstonis created in thePeerage of Irelandfor the politicianHenry Temple.
- December 14–Bernard O'Garais selected to succeedFrancis BurkeasRoman CatholicArchbishop of Tuam.
- The first portion ofDr Steevens' Hospitalis opened atKilmainham,Dublin.
- Avoca Handweavers,Ireland's oldest surviving business, is established inCounty Wicklow.
Births[edit]
- Mervyn Archdall,antiquary (d.1791)
- Approximate date –William Greatrakes,lawyer (d.1781)
Deaths[edit]
- February 11– CaptainHildebrand Alington, 5th Baron Alington,soldier, lastBaron Alingtonof the first creation (b.1641)
- June 2–Esther Vanhomrigh,Jonathan Swift's "Vanessa" (b. c.1688)
- August –William Handcock,politician (b.1676)
- August/September –Francis Burke,Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam
- September 16–Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne,soldier and politician (b.1642)
- December 22–Mary Joseph Butler,Benedictineabbess(b.1641)[1]
- Henry Colley,politician (b. c.1685)
- Micheál Ó Mordha,Roman Catholic priest, philosopher and educationalist (b. c.1639)
References[edit]
- ^Nolan, Patrick (1908)..In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company.