1758 in Ireland
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Events from the year1758 in Ireland.
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
- Summer – work begins on construction of what will become theGrand Canalnear Dublin.[1]
- 27 October – the shipDublin Trader(Captain White) leavesParkgate, Cheshire,for Dublin, and founders in theIrish Sea;she carries 70,000Irish poundsin money and £80,000 in goods, while among the 60 passengers lost are Edward, fifthEarl of Drogheda,Theophilus Cibber(the English actor, bound for a season at theSmock Alley Theatre), and (probably) themezzotintengraverMichael Ford.[2]
- The agriculturalistRichard Geogheganreclaimsa large tract of land from the sea atBallyconneelyinCounty Galway.
- Mineral springdiscovered atLucan, Dublin.
Births[edit]
- 26 March –Samuel Greg,entrepreneurand pioneer of thefactorysystem atQuarry Bank Mill(died1834).
- December –Mary Leadbeater,writer (died1826).
- Hans Blackwood, 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye,politician (died1839).
- Approximate date –Charles "Hindoo" Stuart,East India Company officer (died 1828 in India).
Deaths[edit]
- October –Michael Ford,mezzotint engraver.
References[edit]
- ^Delany, Ruth (1988).A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways.Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 76.ISBN0-86281-200-3.
- ^Salmon, Eric (2004)."Cibber, Theophilus (1703–1758)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5418.Retrieved2012-10-31.(subscription orUK public library membershiprequired)