1781 in Ireland

← 1780 1779 1778 1777 1776 1781 in Ireland → 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s
See also:	Other events of 1781 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1781 in Ireland.

Events

• 8 August - Construction of The Custom House, Dublin, to the design of James Gandon, begins.^[1]

Arts and literature

• First annual Granard harp festival.

Births

• 6 February - John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, British Army Lieutenant-General (died 1844).
• 25 December? - Sydney Owenson, novelist (died 1859).
• William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor, painter (died 1850).

Deaths

• 26 September - Andrew Lewis, pioneer and surveyor, soldier from Virginia (born 1720).

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.