1782 in Ireland

1782
in
Ireland

Decades:	1760s • 1770s • 1780s • 1790s • 1800s
Centuries:	16th • 17th • 18th • 19th • 20th
See also:	Other events of 1782 List of years in Ireland

Events

'Constitution of 1782', the collective legal changes which restore legislative independence to the Parliament of Ireland, giving rise to "Grattan's Parliament".
- 17 May - The Parliament of Great Britain under Prime Minister Lord Rockingham passes the Repeal of Act for Securing Dependence of Ireland Act, repealing the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719.^[1]^[2]
- Repeal of Poynings' Law.
- Irish judges are granted the same security of tenure as their English counterparts.
Kildare Street Club founded in Dublin.

1 April - James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal, politician (d.1847).
26 July - John Field, composer and pianist (d.1837).
25 September - Charles Maturin, clergyman, novelist and playwright (d.1824).
29 September - Windham Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, peer (d.1850).
11 November - Francis Blackburne, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (d.1867).
23 November - James FitzGibbon, British soldier and hero of the War of 1812 (d.1863).

^ Costin, W. C.; Watson, J. Steven, ed (1952). The Law and Working of the Constitution: Documents 1660-1914. I (1660-1783). London: A. & C. Black. p. 147.
^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 334–335. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.