1730 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1730 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

George II

Events

• First bridge across the River Foyle linking Lifford and Strabane is built.
• First turnpike act for Ireland, for improvement of the road from Dublin to Kilcullen Bridge.^[1]
• Edward Lovett Pearce succeeds Thomas Burgh as Surveyor General of Ireland.

Births

• James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon, merchant, landlord and politician (d. 1802)
• Approximate date
  • Thomas Barton, missionary clergyman (d. 1780)
  • Theophilus Blakeney, politician (d. 1813)

Deaths

• January 29 – Thomas Flynn, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh
• August 6 – Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory (b. 1668?)
• October 3 – Thomas Brodrick, politician (b. 1654)
• December 4 – Edward Southwell, politician (b. 1671)
• December 18 – Colonel Thomas Burgh, Surveyor General of Ireland (b. 1670)

Notes and References

1. Book: Greig, William. Strictures on Road Police. Dublin. Archer, Cumming, etc. 1818. 54. turnpike Ireland 1730.. 2016-03-10.