Events

• Restrictions on import of Irish cattle into England are removed.
• Henry Flood
  Henry Flood
  Henry Flood , Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient in the classics...
  
   enters the Irish parliament as member for Kilkenny
  Kilkenny City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
  Kilkenny City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kilkenny City was represented with two members.-1689–1801:...
  
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• Arthur Guinness
  Arthur Guinness
  Arthur Guinness was an Irish brewer and the founder of the Guinness brewery business and family.He was also an entrepreneur, visionary and philanthropist....
  
   opens his brewery in St. James's Gate
  St. James's Gate
  St. James's Gate, located off the south quays of Dublin, on James Street, was the western entrance to the city during the Middle Ages. During this time it was the traditional starting point for the Dublin pilgrimage Camino to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Now central to a industrial area, St...
  
  , Dublin.
• Formation of the Irish Catholic Committee, of Dublin merchants and professionals loyal to the British monarchy
  Monarchy of the United Kingdom
  The monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial and representational duties...
  
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Deaths

• 16 February - Bartholomew Mosse
  Bartholomew Mosse
  Bartholomew Mosse was an Irish surgeon and impresario responsible for founding the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin.-Early life:...
  
  , surgeon, impresario, founded the Rotunda Hospital
  Rotunda Hospital
  The Rotunda Hospital is one of the three main maternity hospitals in the city of Dublin, the others being the The Coombe and The National Maternity Hospital...
  
   in Dublin (b.1712
  1712 in Ireland
  -Births:*22 October - James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn, politician .*Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon, impresario, founded the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin ....
  
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• Richard Pockrich
  Richard Pockrich (inventor)
  Richard Pockrich , or Poekrich , was the inventor of the angelic organ in 1741.-Life:He was born at his family's estate Derrylusk, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. His father, also named Richard , was the member of Parliament for Monaghan and had commanded troops in the Williamite battles. The paternal...
  
  , inventor of the Angelic organ (b. c1690)