1765 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1765 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- Coercion Act against the Whiteboys.{{cite book|editor1=Moody, T. W. |editor2=Martin, F. X. |year=1967|title=The Course of Irish History|publisher=Mercier Press|location=Cork|page=373}}
- First Magdalene asylum (for Protestant girls) in Ireland opens on Leeson Street in Dublin, founded by Lady Arabella Denny.{{cite book|last=McCarthy|first=Rebecca Lea|title=Origins of the Magdalene laundries: an analytical history|location=Jefferson, NC|publisher=McFarland|year=2010|page=238|isbn=978-0-7864-4446-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GIRJkAbmaiEC&q=%22Arabella+Denny%22+leeson+street&pg=PA238|access-date=2011-09-25}}
- Gracehill established in County Antrim as a Moravian community.
Arts and literature
- Sculptor Christopher Hewetson settles in Rome.
Births
- 14 January – George Knox, politician (died 1827).
- 13 April – Thomas Wallace, politician (died 1847).
- 19 July – George Beresford, Church of Ireland Bishop of Kilmore (died 1841).
- 6 December – Edward O'Reilly, scholar (died 1830).
- 29 December - Laurence Hynes Halloran, alleged criminal deported to Australia
- Robert Holmes, barrister and nationalist (died 1859).
- Samuel Turner, barrister and informer (killed 1807).
- Approximate date – Charles Bourke, priest (died 1820).
Deaths
- 24 November – William Dunkin, poet (born c.1709).
- 26 November – Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet, politician (born 1705).
- 29 December – John Alexander, minister and writer (born 1736).
- 31 December – Samuel Madden, clergyman, writer and benefactor (born 1686).
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