1732 in Ireland

Events from the year 1732 in Ireland.

1732
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
See also:Other events of 1732
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent

  • Monarch: George II

Events

  • 8 March – report of a House of Lords committee on the 'state of popery'.[1]
  • 10 March – act reduces the interest rate on loans to 6%.[1]
  • Conor Begley and Hugh MacCartin's English-Irish dictionary is published in Paris.[1]
  • Trinity College Library in Dublin, designed by Thomas Burgh, is completed.

Births

  • 15 May – John Blaquiere, 1st Baron de Blaquiere, soldier and politician (d. 1812)
  • 25 November – Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim, politician (d. 1804)
  • Full date unknown – Henry Flood, statesman (d. 1791)

Deaths

  • 3 July (buried) – Mary Davys, novelist, poet and playwright (b. 1674)
  • 7 July – John Sale, lawyer and MP (b. circa 1675)
  • 2 December – Constantia Grierson, editor, poet and classical scholar (b. 1705)

References

  1. Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
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