1755 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1755 in Ireland.
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Events
- 10 April – Essex Bridge across the river Liffey in Dublin is opened to carriage traffic.{{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}}
- 1 November – the Spanish Arch in Galway is partially destroyed by a tsunami generated by the Lisbon earthquake which is felt across Munster.
- The Commissioners of Inland Navigation order commencement of work on making the River Shannon navigable.{{cite book|first=Ruth|last=Delaney|title=Ireland's Inland Waterways|location=Belfast|publisher=Appletree Press|year=2004}}
- The Artillery Company of Ireland, predecessor of the Royal Irish Artillery, is formed.{{cite book |title=The Journal of the Royal Artillery |date=1944 |publisher=Royal Artillery Institution |page=252 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Journal_of_the_Royal_Artillery/RmUkAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%20%221755%22 |access-date=7 December 2024 |language=en}}
- Completion of Russborough House, County Wicklow, designed in the Palladian style by Richard Cassels for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown.
- Kilwarlin Moravian Church is founded in County Down by the evangelist John Cennick.{{cite web |title=Kilwarlin Moravian Church |url=https://www.lisburn.com/books/moravian-guide/moravian-visitors-guide.html |website=www.lisburn.com |access-date=7 December 2024}}
Births
- 14 May – George Barrington, pickpocket, socialite, Australian pioneer and author (died 1804 in Australia){{cite book |last1=Jose |first1=Arthur Wilberforce |title=The Illustrated Australian Encyclopedia |date=1925 |publisher=Angus & Robertson Limited |page=139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9uDt6KU7ezIC&pg=PA139&dq=George+Barrington+%2214+may+1755%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjE59CUtJaKAxUErokEHVS0MGMQ6AF6BAgLEAI |access-date=7 December 2024 |language=en}}
- 7 June – Isidore Lynch, soldier (died 1841){{cite book |last1=O'Donovan |first1=Pat Clifford |title=The Irish in France |date=1992 |publisher=De Beauvoir Books |isbn=978-0-9516069-0-2 |page=55 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Irish_in_France/jpjjAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%227+june+1755%22+Isidore+Lynch&dq=%227+june+1755%22+Isidore+Lynch&printsec=frontcover |access-date=7 December 2024 |language=en}}
- 24 June – John Glendy, Presbyterian minister (died 1832 in the United States){{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=James Grant |last2=Fiske |first2=John |title=Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Crane-Grimshaw |date=1888 |publisher=D. Appleton |page=665 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Appletons_Cyclopaedia_of_American_Biogra/P68LAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%2224+june+1755%22+John+Glendy&pg=PA665&printsec=frontcover |access-date=7 December 2024 |language=en}}
- 8 July – James Blackwood, 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, politician (died 1836){{cite book |last1=MOSSE |first1=Richard B. |title=The Parliamentary Guide: a Concise History of the Members of Both Houses, Etc |date=1835 |publisher=A.H. Billy & Co |page=25 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Parliamentary_Guide_a_Concise_Histor/_CJkAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%228+july+1755%22+James+Blackwood&pg=PA25&printsec=frontcover |access-date=7 December 2024 |language=en}}
- John Handcock, soldier and politician (died 1786)
- John Proby Osborne, lawyer and politician (died 1787)
- Owen Wynne, landowner and politician (died 1841)
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- Joseph Allison, farmer and politician in Nova Scotia (died 1806)
- Joseph Marshall, farmer, judge and politician in Nova Scotia (died 1847)
Deaths
- 16 March – Edward Southwell, politician (born 1705){{cite book |last1=Debrett |first1=John |title=Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |date=1838 |publisher=J. G. & F. Rivington |page=234 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Debrett_s_Complete_Peerage_of_the_United/Ru4UAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%2216+march+1755%22+Edward+Southwell&pg=PA234&printsec=frontcover |access-date=7 December 2024 |language=en}}
- 25 September – Luke Gardiner, property developer and politician (born c.1690)
- William Richardson, politician.
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