1777 in Ireland

Events from the year 1777 in Ireland.

Events

Births

• 4 May - Richard Bourke, soldier and Governor of New South Wales, Australia from 1831 to 1837 (d.1855).
• 22 June - William Brown, creator and first admiral of the Argentine Navy (d.1857).

Deaths

• 3 February - Hugh Kelly, dramatist and poet (b.1739).
• 18 July - William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, peer and politician (b.1700)