1779 in Ireland

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[edit] Events

[edit] Births

• 28 May - Thomas Moore, poet, singer, songwriter and entertainer (d.1852).
• 17 August - William Corbet, member of the United Irishmen, soldier, Commander-in-Chief to French forces in Greece (d.1842).
• 3 November - Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, British Field Marshal (d.1869).

[edit] Deaths