1749 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1749 in Ireland.
Events
- 3 June - Radical apothecary Charles Lucas begins publication of The Censor, or Citizens' Journal in Dublin. [1]
- August–September - Charles Wesley makes his second visit to Ireland.[2]
- 16 October - The Irish House of Commons threatens Charles Lucas with prosecution and he is forced to flee.[2]
- James Simon's An essay towards an historical account of Irish coins is published in Dublin.[2]
Births
- 22 January - John Barclay, soldier, politician, jurist and businessman in America (died 1824).
- July - Jocelyn Deane, politician (died 1780).
- Robert Barber, quartermaster on HMS Adventure during the second voyage of James Cook (died 1783).
- Thomas Burke, artist (died 1815).
- William Richardson, landowner and politician (died 1822).
- Edward Smyth, sculptor (died 1812).
- James Whitelaw, historian, writer, statistician and philanthropist (died 1813).
- Approximate date - Brian Merriman, Irish language poet (died 1805).
Deaths
- 3 January - John Ussher, politician (born 1703).
- 22 January - Matthew Concanen, writer, poet and lawyer (born 1701).
- 20 February (hanged at Tyburn) - Usher Gahagan, classical scholar.
- May - Samuel Boyse, poet (born 1702/3).
- 21 September - Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet, politician (born 1690).
- Approximate date - Eamonn Laidir Ó Flaithbertaigh, Jacobite.