1754 in Ireland

Events from the year 1754 in Ireland.

Incumbent

6 March – Thomas Dillon, Richard Ferrall and Co.'s bank failure in Dublin due to fraud, the first of three (1754–1755); the partners abscond to France.{{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}}
County of Meath Infirmary established at Navan.{{cite journal|first=Barbara|last=Scally|title=Origins of the County of Meath Infirmary|journal=Ríocht na Midhe|volume=19|year=2008|pages=146–56}}

2 March – riot at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin. Thomas Sheridan, the manager, resigns, and leaves Ireland on 15 September.

15 January – Richard Martin, "Humanity Dick", politician and animal rights activist (died 1834)
7 May – Adam Averell, Primitive Wesleyan cleric (died 1847)
23 May – William Drennan, physician, poet, educationalist and co-founder of the Society of United Irishmen (died 1820)
14 July – Robert Ward, politician (died 1831)
25 August – Charles Coote, 2nd Baron Castle Coote, politician (died 1823)
9 December – Francis Rawdon, politician and military officer (died 1826 at sea)
Cornelius Heeney, merchant and politician in America (died 1848)
Patrick O'Kelly, poet and eccentric (died 1835)
Approximate date – Andrew Todd, fur trader in North America (died 1796)