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    • Source: 1754 in Ireland

      • Events from the year 1754 in Ireland.


      Incumbent


      Monarch: George II


      Events


      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.
      County of Meath Infirmary established at Navan.


      Arts and literature


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


      Births


      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)


      Deaths


      2 January – William James Conolly, politician.
      16 April – Donal O'Sullivan of Dunkerron Castle, County Kerry.
      John K'Eogh, cleric and natural historian (born c.1681)
      Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill, poet (born 1691)


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