1715 in Ireland

Events

Births

• Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, pioneer and army officer in colonial New York (d.1774).
• Patrick Lynch, emigrant to Rio de la Plata, and successful landowner.

Deaths

• 14 December - Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick, member of Irish Parliament, Royalist military officer during the English Civil War and governor of the Province of New York (b.1634).