1746 in Ireland

Events

Births

• 3 July - Henry Grattan, member of Irish House of Commons and campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament (d.1820).
• Thomas Hussey, diplomat, chaplain, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore (d.1803).

Deaths

• 22 May - Thomas Southerne, dramatist (b.1660).
• 8 August - Francis Hutcheson, theologian and philosopher (b.1694).