1759 in Ireland

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Decades: 1730s • 1740s • 1750s • 1760s • 1770s Centuries: 16th • 17th • 18th • 19th • 20th See also: Other events of 1759 List of years in Ireland

Events

• Restrictions on import of Irish cattle into England are removed.^[1]
• Henry Flood enters the Parliament of Ireland as a member for Kilkenny.^[1]
• Planned French Invasion of Britain: France considers offering the Kingdom of Ireland to a Stuart pretender.
• Formation of the Irish Catholic Committee, of Dublin merchants and professionals loyal to the British monarchy.
• 31 December - Arthur Guinness leases the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin.

Arts and literature

• West front of Trinity College, Dublin on College Green completed by architects Henry Keene and John Sanderson.

Births

• 5 March - Thomas Bray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel (died 1820).
• 9 September - Hercules Taylour, soldier and politician (died 1790).
• Adam Buck, portrait painter (died 1833).
• James Craig, politician (died 1833).
• Charles Osborne, lawyer and politician (died 1817).
• Approximate date
  • Sir James Galbraith, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1827).
  • Robert Philson, soldier and politician in the United States (died 1831).

Deaths

• 16 February - Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon, impresario, founded the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin (born 1712).
• Richard Pockrich, inventor of the Angelic organ (born c. 1690).
• Henry Singleton, judge (born 1682).

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