1778 in Ireland

1778 in Ireland

Events

*Public Library founded in Armagh by Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby.
*Charles Vallancey surveys West Cork

Births

*4 March - Robert Emmet, nationalist, led abortive rebellion against British rule in 1803 and was captured, tried and executed (d.1803).
*18 May - Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, soldier, politician and nobleman (d.1854).
*15 November - George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh, politician (d.1840).
* Catherine McAuley September 1778

Deaths

*28 March - Daniel O’Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (b.1700).


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