1718 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1718 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- May 2 – the scholar William Nicolson is appointed Bishop of Derry.{{cite ODNB|first=D. W.|last=Hayton|title=Nicolson, William (1655–1727)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20186|access-date=2012-08-22|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/20186}}
- May 10 – the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Emly is united with the Archbishopric of Cashel.
- July–August – the first ships carrying Scotch-Irish emigrants from Ulster to North America arrive in Boston, Massachusetts.{{cite web|title=The arrival of "five ships" in August, 1718|url=http://www.lynx2ulster.com/ScotchIrishPioneers/008.php|work=Lynx2Ulster|access-date=2012-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127232538/http://www.lynx2ulster.com/ScotchIrishPioneers/008.php|archive-date=2012-01-27|url-status=dead}}
- October 28 – Ashkenazi Jews lease the site for Ballybough Cemetery in Fairview, Dublin, Ireland's first Jewish cemetery.{{cite web|title=History of the Jewish Cemetery|url=http://www.fairview-marino.com/history-of-the-jewish-cemetery|work=Fairview-Marino.com|access-date=2013-02-25|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122174028/http://www.fairview-marino.com/history-of-the-jewish-cemetery|archive-date=2013-01-22|url-status=dead}}
- Jervis Street Hospital, is founded by six surgeons as the Charitable Infirmary in Cook Street, the first public voluntary hospital in the British Isles.{{cite book|first=J. D. H.|last=Widdess|title=The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, Dublin, 1718–1968|location=Dublin|year=1968}}{{cite book|editor=O'Brien, Eoin|title=The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, 1718–1987: a farewell tribute|location=Monkstown|publisher=Anniversary Press|year=1987|isbn=1870940016 }}
Births
- March 2 – John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly, politician and peer (d. 1784)
- Nano Nagle, founder of the Presentation Sisters (d. 1784)
Deaths
- October 24 – Thomas Parnell, clergyman and poet (b. 1679)
- 1716 or 1718 – Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh, historian (b. 1629)
References
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