1760 in Ireland

Events

• 21–26 February - Battle of Carrickfergus: A force of French troops under the command of privateer François Thurot captures and holds the town and castle of Carrickfergus before retiring; the force is defeated (and Thurot killed) in a naval action in the Irish Sea on 28 February.^[1]
• 25 October - George III becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland upon the death of George II.
• A Patriot Party under the leadership of Henry Flood, appears in the Irish House of Representatives.^[2]

Births

Deaths

• 26 March - Margaret Woffington, actress (b. c1720).
• 23 September - Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet, politician.
• 25 October - George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland; Elector of Hanover; Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1683)

Full date unknown

• Patrick Cotter O'Brien, known as the Bristol Giant and the Irish Giant (d.1806).

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