1747 in Ireland

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See also:	Other events of 1747 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1747 in Ireland.

Events

• 19 January - "Kelly riots" at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin when Thomas Sheridan, the proprietor, is in dispute with some gentlemen.^[1]
• 28 February - George Stone, Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry, is elevated to Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (letters patent 13 March), an office he will hold until 1764.^[1]
• 21 April - Edmund Burke sets up Burke's Club, a debating society at Trinity College, Dublin, which will become the College Historical Society.^[1]
• 9–14 August - John Wesley pays his first visit to Ireland.^[1]
• 14 August - Death of Thaddeus McCarthy, last Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork and Cloyne. The see is separated into the bishopric of Cork and the bishopric of Cloyne and Ross.
• 9 September–20 March 1748 - Charles Wesley pays his first visit to Ireland.^[1]
• 11 September - Daniel O'Reilly is appointed to succeed Ross MacMahon as Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, an office he will hold until 1778.

Births

• 8 April - William Hales, clergyman and scientific writer (died 1831).
• Denis Daly, landowner, MP and Mayor of Galway (died 1792).
• John Dunlap, printer of the United States Declaration of Independence (died 1812).
• Daniel Delany, Bishop of Kildare and Leighton (1787 - 1814), established Carlow College (1793), founder of the Brigidine Sisters (1807) and the Patrician Brothers (1808).

Deaths

• 27 May - Bernard MacMahon, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh (born 1680).
• Anthony Duane, businessman in America (born 1679).

References

1. Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.