1745 in Ireland

Events

• Bartholomew Mosse establishes The Dublin Lying-In Hospital.

Births

• 14 April - Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley, politician (d.1824).
• 24 December - William Paterson, jurist in the United States (d.1806).

Deaths

• 19 October - Jonathan Swift, cleric, satirist, essayist and poet (b.1667).
• 16 November - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, soldier and statesman (b.1665).
• Charles Coffey, playwright and composer.