1766 in Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Births 3.1 Full date unknown 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] Arts and literature

• Oliver Goldsmith novel The Vicar of Wakefield is first published.

[edit] Births

• 23 January - William Cusac Smith, Baronet, judge (d. 1836)
• 26 December - Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham, politician (d.1832).

[edit] Full date unknown

• Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland (d.1840).
• William Orr, member of the United Irishmen, executed (d.1797).
• John Templeton, naturalist and botanist (d.1825).

[edit] Deaths

• Frances Sheridan, novelist and playwright (b.1724).
• 15 March - Nicholas Sheehy, Roman Catholic priest, opponent of the British Penal Laws, executed (b.1728).