1778 in Ireland

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Events from the year1778 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch:George III

Events

• 28 March –Hugh O'ReillysucceedsDaniel O'ReillyasRoman CatholicBishop of Clogher,an office he will hold until1801.
• April – theLadies of Llangollenrun away from Ireland to set up a rural household together.
• 24 April –American Revolutionary War:North Channel Naval Duel:John Paul JonesinUSSRangercapturesHMSDrakein theNorth ChanneloffCarrickfergus.
• Papists Actprovides a measure ofCatholic Relief:Catholics now have property rights and may intermarry; and restoration of Catholic religious institutions begins.
• Charles VallanceysurveysWest Cork.

Births

• 4 March –Robert Emmet,nationalist, rebel against British rule in 1803 (executed1803).
• 18 May –Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry,soldier, politician and nobleman (died1854).
• 29 September –Catherine McAuley,nun (died1841).
• 15 November –George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh,politician (died1840).

Deaths

• March –Thomas Roberts,landscape painter (born1748).
• 28 March –Daniel O’Reilly,Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher(born1700).