1762 in Ireland

Events from the year 1762 in Ireland.

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February – Roman Catholic nobility and gentry offer support to King George III in the Seven Years' War in the Iberian Peninsula.{{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}}
20 March – a French privateer takes six ships off Youghal.{{cite web|first=Jean|last=Prendergast|title=Youghal – Genealogy & History|url=http://corkgen.org/publicgenealogy/cork/potpourri/corkancestors.com/Youghalmisc1.htm|work=Cork Ancestors|date=2002–2013|access-date=2013-03-01}}
30 April – acts grant security to Protestants who have acquired property from Catholics.
Old St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, in Marlborough Street, is completed.
Watt distillery in Derry is established; it will produce Tyrconnell (whiskey).

14 May – Charles Macklin's The True-Born Irishman is first performed at the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin.
Approximate date – James Barry paints Baptism of the King of Cashel.

11 January – Andrew Cherry, playwright, songwriter, actor and theatrical manager (died 1812 in Wales).
24 February – Gideon Ouseley, Methodism's 'apostle to the Irish' (died 1839).
20 May – Eyre Coote, British Army officer (died 1832).
1 June – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist, founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers (died 1844).
12 June – Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker, politician (died 1834).
25 December – Michael Kelly, actor, singer and composer (died 1826).
Henry Browne Hayes, sheriff and abductor (died 1832).
Approximate date – John Chetwode Eustace, Roman Catholic priest and antiquary (died 1815 in Italy).