1738 in Ireland

Events from the year 1738 in Ireland.

1738
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
See also:Other events of 1738
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent

  • Monarch: George II

Events

Births

  • 2 December – Richard Montgomery, soldier, major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War (d. 1775)

Deaths

  • 25 March – Turlough O'Carolan, blind, itinerant harpist, sometimes styled "The Last of the Bards" (b. 1670)
  • 10 October – Thomas Sheridan (b. 1687), an Anglican divine, essayist, playwright, poet, schoolmaster and translator
  • Undated
    • Benjamin Hawkshaw, Irish Anglican divine

References

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