1761 in Ireland

Events from the year 1761 in Ireland.

1761
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
  • 1760s
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
See also:Other events of 1761
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent

  • Monarch: George III

Events

  • 10 November – Protestant "manifesto of intolerance" ("Black Petition") against Roman Catholics signed in Galway.[1]

Births

  • 20 July – Arthur Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran, politician (died 1837).
  • 17 September – Samuel Neilson, one of the founder members of the Society of United Irishmen and the founder of its newspaper the Northern Star (died 1803).
  • 21 November – Dorothea Jordan (née Bland), actress and royal mistress (died 1816 in France).
    Full date unknown
    • Michael Byrne, signed as an able seaman by Captain Bligh on HMS Bounty, primarily to play the fiddle.[2]

Deaths

  • 7 January – Darkey Kelly, brothel-keeper, burned at the stake for murder.
  • 10 September – William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney, soldier (born 1672).

References

  1. Hardiman, James (1820). The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway, from the earliest period to the present time. Dublin.
  2. Alexander, C. (2003), The Bounty: the True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty ISBN 0-670-03133-X, p. 84
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