1730 in Ireland

Events from the year 1730 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
See also:Other events of 1730
List of years 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
Edward Southwell, Sr.
  • 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)

References
  1. Greig, William (1818). Strictures on Road Police. Dublin: Archer, Cumming, etc. p. 54. Retrieved 2016-03-10. turnpike Ireland 1730.
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