1774 in Ireland

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Events from the year1774 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch:George III

Events

• 17 September –Clifton House, Belfast,theBelfast Charitable Society'spoorhouse,is opened.
• New buildings inArmaghprovided by ArchbishopRichard Robinsonare completed for the County Infirmary, Royal School and Military Barracks.

Births

• 7 May –Francis Beaufort,hydrographerand officer in theBritishRoyal Navy,creator of theBeaufort scale(died1857).
• 11 July –Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore,politician and statesman (died1841).
• 29 December –Maurice FitzGerald, 18th Knight of Kerry,Whigpolitician (died1849).

  Full date unknown

  • Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire,poet (d.c1849).
  • Bartholomew Teeling,a leader of theIrishforces during theIrish Rebellion of 1798(died1798).

Deaths

• 4 April –Oliver Goldsmith,novelist and playwright (born 1728 or 1730).
• 11 July –Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet,pioneer and army officer incolonial New York(born1715).
• 14 July – Field MarshalJames O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley,officer in theBritish Army(born1682).
• 27 December –Henry Mossop,actor (born1729).
• Sir Robert Blackwood, 1st Baronet(born1694).