1747 in Ireland

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Events

19 January - "Kelly riots" at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin when Thomas Sheridan, the proprietor, is in dispute with some gentlemen.^[1]
28 February - George Stone, Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry, is elevated to Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (letters patent 13 March), an office he will hold until 1764.^[1]
21 April - Edmund Burke sets up Burke's Club, a debating society at Trinity College, Dublin, which will become the College Historical Society.^[1]
9–14 August - John Wesley pays his first visit to Ireland.^[1]
14 August - Death of Thaddeus McCarthy, last Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork and Cloyne. The see is separated into the bishopric of Cork and the bishopric of Cloyne and Ross.
9 September–20 March 1748 - Charles Wesley pays his first visit to Ireland.^[1]
11 September - Daniel O'Reilly is appointed to succeed Ross MacMahon as Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, an office he will hold until 1778.

8 April - William Hales, clergyman and scientific writer (died 1831).
Denis Daly, landowner, MP and Mayor of Galway (died 1792).
John Dunlap, printer of the United States Declaration of Independence (died 1812).

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Moody, T. W. et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.