1712 in Ireland

Events from the year 1712 in Ireland.

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12 November – A riot takes place in Dublin during a performance of Nicholas Rowe's Tamerlane a play which supports the Whig view of William III as a justified conqueror of Britain and Ireland. A prologue written by the Whiggish Samuel Garth is read, which inflames Tory and Jacobite opinion.Forbes, Suzanne. Print and Party Politics in Ireland, 1689-1714. Springer, 2018. p.89-90
Bridge built over the River Bann at Banbridge.
A translation of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer into Irish, made by John Richardson (1664–1747), is published.{{cite book|chapter=Ireland|first=Brian|last=Mayne|editor-first1=Charles|editor-last1=Hefling|editor-first2=Cynthia|editor-last2=Shattuck|title=The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezVH2h6PKUcC|access-date=22 February 2015|date=1 July 2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-972389-8|page=207}}

October 15 – Leslie Corry, politician (d. 1741)
October 22 – James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn, politician (d. 1789)
Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon, impresario, founder of the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin (d. 1759)
Marcus Paterson, lawyer and politician (d. 1787)
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Riggs Falkiner, politician (d. 1797)
Arthur Jones-Nevill, politician (d. 1771)