1772 in Ireland

Events from the year 1772 in Ireland.

1772
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1750s
  • 1760s
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
See also:Other events of 1772
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent

  • Monarch: George III

Events

  • 3 June – the London-Derry Journal and General Advertiser is first published.
  • 27 July – the Johnston Baronetcy, of Gilford in the County of Down, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland.

Births

  • 1 May – Lowry Cole, soldier, politician and MP for Enniskillen from 1797 to 1800, Governor of Mauritius and Cape Colony (died 1842).
  • 16 July – William Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley, politician (died 1838).
  • 9 October – Mary Tighe, poet (died 1810).[1]
  • Robert Blake, dentist, first State Dentist of Dublin (died 1822).
  • Edward Southwell Ruthven, Repealer politician and member of the United Kingdom Parliament (died 1836).

Deaths

  • 10 June – Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne, peer.

References

  1. "Mary Tighe". 2014-01-08. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
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