1789 in Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 Full date unknown

[edit] Events

[edit] Births

• 26 March - Edward Ffrench Bromhead, mathematician (d.1855).
• 24 September - Richard Henry Wilde, lawyer and Congressman in USA (d.1847).
• 3 October - Henry Eldred Curwen Pottinger, soldier and colonial administrator, first Governor of Hong Kong (d.1856).
• 6 October - Sir Michael O'Loghlen, 1st Baronet, judge, politician and Attorney-General for Ireland (d.1842).

[edit] Deaths

• 9 October - James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn, politician (b.1712).

[edit] Full date unknown

• Frances Greville, poet (b. c1724).
• Barry St. Leger, British colonel during the American Revolutionary War (b. c1733).