1741 in Ireland

Events from the year 1741 in Ireland.

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January–April – Great Irish Famine (1740–1741) at its height.{{cite book|editor=Moody, T. W.|title=A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1989|isbn=978-0-19-821744-2|display-editors=etal}}
June–August – hot summer. The harvest is improved, but disease encouraged.
2 October – the Bull's Head Musical Society opens a Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin.{{cite book|title=The Liffey in Dublin|isbn=0-7171-2423-1|page=468|last=de Courcy|first=J.W.|date=1996|location=Dublin|publisher=Gill & Macmillan}}
18 November – the composer George Frideric Handel arrives in Dublin to give a series of concerts.{{cite web|first=Donald|last=Burrows|author-link=Donald Burrows (musicologist)|title=Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|edition=Online (October 2007)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12192|access-date=2013-02-26|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/12192}} {{ODNBsub}}
Commencement of construction of obelisk and other works on Killiney Hill (overlooking Dublin Bay) by John Mapas to relieve poverty.
Completion of rebuilding of Powerscourt House in County Wicklow by the architect Richard Cassels.

23 June – William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty, politician and statesman (died 1805).
4 October – Edmond Malone, Shakespeare scholar and literary critic (died 1812).
11 October – James Barry, painter (died 1806).
Approximate date – Bryan Higgins, chemist (died 1818)