1791 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1791 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

George III

Events

• September – Wolfe Tone publishes Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland.
• 14 October – the Northern Whig Club, a group of nine Belfast Presbyterians, meets with Wolfe Tone and Thomas Russell and forms the Society of United Irishmen to press for liberal non-denominational parliamentary reform.
• 7 November – The Custom House in Dublin opens for business, having been completed under the supervision of James Gandon.

• The Grand Canal opens to a junction with the Barrow at Athy.^[1]
• The first bridge across the River Foyle at Derry, built by the American Lemuel Cox in wood, is opened to vehicular traffic.^[2]

Births

• 6 March – John MacHale, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, Irish Nationalist and writer (died 1881).
• 17 August – Richard Lalor Sheil, politician, writer and orator (died 1851).
• 14 December – Charles Wolfe, poet (died 1823).

Full date unknown

• James Graham, soldier, commended for his gallantry during the Battle of Waterloo (died 1845).

Deaths

• 2 December – Henry Flood, statesman (born 1732).

Full date unknown

• George Bryan, businessman, statesman and politician in Pennsylvania (born 1731).

• Robert Carver, artist (b. c1730).

Notes and References

1. Book: Delany, Ruth. A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways. Belfast. Appletree Press. 1988. 0-86281-200-3. 82.
2. Web site: The Boston Bridge - Londonderry's First Bridge Across The Foyle . Northern Scrivener . 2012-12-30 . 2013-02-27.