1724 in Ireland
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Events
- March - Jonathan Swift publishes the first of the Drapier's Letters (A Letter To the Shop-Keepers, Tradesmen, Farmers, and Common-People of Ireland, Concerning the Brass Half-Pence Coined by Mr. Woods).[1]
Births
- 24 March - Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne, politician (died 1789).
- 20 October - Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective, politician (died 1795).
- John Hely, later Hely-Hutchinson, lawyer and statesman (died 1794).
- John Pomeroy, British Army officer (died 1790).
- Frances Sheridan, novelist and playwright (died 1766).
- 1724 or 1725 - Arthur Guinness, brewer (died 1803).
- Approximate date
- Robert Blakeney, politician (died 1762).
- Frances Greville née Macartney, poet (died 1789).
Deaths
- 10 February or 1723 - Henry Colley, politician (born c.1685).
- November - Liam an Dúna Mac Cairteáin, poet and soldier (born 1668).
- John Barnwell, colonist in the Province of South Carolina (born 1671).
- Approximate date - Proinsias Ó Doibhlin, poet and priest.
References
- ↑ Scott, Temple (1903). "Letter 1, Introductory Note". The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, vol. VI: The Drapier’s Letters. London: George Bell and Sons.
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