1728 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1728 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

George II

Events

• May 6 – Disenfranchising Act, an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of penal laws, prohibiting all Roman Catholics from voting, receives royal assent.^[1]

Arts and literature

• Matthew Dubourg becomes Master and Composer of State Music of Dublin.

Births

• August 18 – James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont, statesman, first President of the Royal Irish Academy, president of the volunteer convention in Dublin, 1783 (d. 1799)
• November 10 – Oliver Goldsmith, writer, poet and physician (d. 1774)^{[2] [3]}
• Nicholas Sheehy, Roman Catholic priest, opponent of the penal laws (executed 1766)

Deaths

• January 28 – Esther Johnson, friend of Jonathan Swift (b. 1681)
• April 28 – Rev. Caleb Threlkeld, botanist (b. 1676)

Notes and References

1. Irish Catholics and the Parliamentary Franchise, 1692–1728. J. G.. Simms. Irish Historical Studies. 12. 45. March 1960. 28–37. 30005038.
2. Book: James Prior (sir.). The life of Oliver Goldsmith. 17 March 2015. 1837. Murray. 14.
3. Book: John W. Cousin. Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. 17 March 2015. 1938. Library of Alexandria. 978-1-4655-7188-5.