1797 in Ireland
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Events from the year1797 in Ireland.
Incumbent
[edit]Events
[edit]- May –Henry Grattanretires from theIrish House of Commons.[1]
- Lord Castlereaghis appointed Keeper of the King's Signet for Ireland, aCommissioner of the Treasury for Irelandand a Member of thePrivy Council of Ireland.
- Royal Black Institutionformed fromOrangemenas aProtestantloyalistfraternal society.[2]
Arts and literature
[edit]- William Drennanwrites the balladThe Wake of William Orr.[3]
Births
[edit]- 24 February –Samuel Lover,songwriter, novelist and portrait miniaturist (died1868).
- 2 June –Joseph Blake, 3rd Baron Wallscourt,socialist(died1849).
- 20 November –Tyrone Power,actor, comedian, author and theatrical manager (died1841).
- John Doyle,artist (died1868).
- Charles C. Ingham,painter and founder of theNational Academy of DesigninNew York City(died1863).
- Laurence F. Renehan,priest and historian (died1857).
Deaths
[edit]- 9 July –Edmund Burke,statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher (born1729)
- 11 July –Charles Macklin,actor and dramatist (born1690).
- 14 October –William Orr,member of theUnited Irishmen,executed (born1766).
References
[edit]- ^Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967).The Course of Irish History.Cork: Mercier Press. p. 374.
- ^"Our Background".The Royal Black Institution.Imperial Grand Black Chapter. 2001. Archived fromthe originalon 14 April 2013.Retrieved19 April2013.
- ^McBride, I. R. (2004)."Drennan, William (1754–1820)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(Online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8046.(subscription orUK public library membershiprequired)