1712 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1712 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

Anne

Events

• 12 November – A riot takes place in Dublin during a performance of Nicholas Rowe's Tamerlane a play which supports the Whig view of William III as a justified conqueror of Britain and Ireland. A prologue written by the Whiggish Samuel Garth is read, which inflames Tory and Jacobite opinion.^[1]
• Bridge built over the River Bann at Banbridge.
• A translation of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer into Irish, made by John Richardson (1664–1747), is published.^[2]

Births

• October 15 – Leslie Corry, politician (d. 1741)
• October 22 – James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn, politician (d. 1789)
• Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon, impresario, founder of the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin (d. 1759)
• Marcus Paterson, lawyer and politician (d. 1787)
• approximate date
  • Riggs Falkiner, politician (d. 1797)
  • Arthur Jones-Nevill, politician (d. 1771)

Deaths

• January 5 – Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, politician (b. 1641)
• October – Robert Blennerhassett, lawyer (b. 1652)
• William Edmondson, founder of Quakerism in Ireland (b. 1627)

Notes and References

1. Forbes, Suzanne. Print and Party Politics in Ireland, 1689-1714. Springer, 2018. p.89-90
2. Book: Mayne, Brian. Ireland. Charles. Hefling. Cynthia. Shattuck. . https://books.google.com/books?id=ezVH2h6PKUcC. 22 February 2015. 1 July 2006. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-972389-8. 207.