1728 in Ireland
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Events
- 6 May - Disenfranchising Act, an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of Penal Laws, prohibiting all Roman Catholics from voting, receives Royal Assent.[1]
Arts and literature
- Matthew Dubourg becomes Master and Composer of State Music of Dublin.
Births
- 18 August - James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont, statesman, first President of the Royal Irish Academy, president of the volunteer convention in Dublin, 1783 (died 1799).
- Nicholas Sheehy, Roman Catholic priest, opponent of the Penal Laws, executed (died 1766).
Deaths
- 28 January - Esther Johnson, friend of Jonathan Swift (born 1681).
- Rev. Caleb Threlkeld, botanist (born 1676).
References
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