1751 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1751 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

George II

Events

• 5 October – the title Earl of Upper Ossory is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of John FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron Gowran.^[1]
• The house which will become Áras an Uachtaráin is built in Phoenix Park, Dublin, by the park's Chief Ranger, politician Nathaniel Clements, to his own design.^[2]

Arts and literature

• The actress Peg Woffington begins a 3-year residence in her native Dublin at Thomas Sheridan's Smock Alley Theatre.

Births

• September – William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel, peer and MP (died 1837).
• 19 October – Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine, soldier in France (died 1799).
• 30 October – Richard Brinsley Sheridan, playwright and statesman (died 1816).
• Undated – Edward Marcus Despard, British colonel turned revolutionary (executed for high treason 1803).

Deaths

• 19 April – Peter Lacy, soldier, imperial commander in Russia (born 1678).

Notes and References

1. Book: Namier . Lewis . Brooke . John . The House of Commons, 1754-1790 . 1985 . Boydell & Brewer . 978-0-436-30420-0 . 431 . en.
2. Web site: Outline History of Áras an Uachtaráin. Áras an Uachtaráin. 2013-01-07.