1725 in Ireland
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Events
- 24 June - First recorded meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland in Dublin, making it the second most senior Grand Lodge in world Freemasonry, and the oldest in continuous existence.[1]
- Irish Presbyterian ministers who refuse to subscribe at ordination to the Westminster Confession form the Presbytery of Antrim.
Births
- 15 May - James Fortescue, politician (died 1782).
- 27 September - Patrick d'Arcy, mathematician (died 1779).
- 28 September (possible date) - Arthur Guinness, brewer and founder of the Guinness Brewery business and family (died 1803).
- 20 December - John Parr, Governor of Nova Scotia (died 1791).
- Robert Hellen, English-born lawyer and politician (died 1793).
- Alexander McNutt, British Army officer and coloniser of Nova Scotia (died 1811).
Deaths
- 31 March - Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, Chancellor of the Exchequer of England and Lord Treasurer of Ireland (born 1669).
- 16 April - James Barry, politician (born 1661).
- 26 December - Katherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Grandison, heiress (born 1660).
- James Terry, Jacobite officer of arms.
References
- ↑ Dublin Weekly Journal 26 June 1725. "History of Freemasonry in Ireland". Freemasonry in North Munster. Provincial Grand Lodge of North Munster. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
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