1766 in Ireland

1766 in Ireland

Events

Arts and literature

*Oliver Goldsmith novel "The Vicar of Wakefield" is first published.

Births

*23 January - William Cusac Smith, Baronet, judge (d. 1836)
*26 December - Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham, politician (d.1832).

Full date unknown

*Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland (d.1840).
*William Orr, member of the United Irishmen, executed (d.1797).
*John Templeton, naturalist and botanist (d.1825).

Deaths

*Frances Sheridan, novelist and playwright (b.1724).
*15 March - Nicholas Sheehy, Roman Catholic priest, opponent of the British Penal Laws, executed (b.1728).


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