1761 in Ireland
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Births
- 20 July - Arthur Gore, 3rd Earl of ArranArthur Gore, 3rd Earl of ArranArthur Saunders Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran , known as Viscount Sudley from 1773 to 1809, was an Irish peer and Tory Member of Parliament....
, politician (d.18371837 in Ireland-Events:* Shaw's Bank merges with the Royal Bank of Ireland .* August - Following a very cold summer there is widespread failure of the potato crop, as in 1836, leading to famine later in the year.-Births:...
). - 17 September - Samuel NeilsonSamuel NeilsonSamuel Neilson was one of the founder members of the Society of United Irishmen and the founder of its newspaper the Northern Star.-Background:...
, one of the founder members of the Society of United Irishmen and the founder of its newspaper the Northern Star (d.18031803 in Ireland-Births:*2 March - Mary Frances Clarke, founder of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary .*29 April - Paul Cullen, Cardinal and Catholic Primate of Ireland .*1 May - James Clarence Mangan, poet ....
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- Michael ByrneMichael Byrne (sailor)Michael Byrne was born in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1761. He went to sea as an able seaman at the age of 19. He had served on five naval ships by 1787, when he was signed as an able seaman by Captain Bligh on the Bounty, primarily to play the fiddle...
, signed as an able seamanAble seamanAn able seaman is an unlicensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship. An AB may work as a watchstander, a day worker, or a combination of these roles.-Watchstander:...
by Captain Bligh on the HMS BountyHMS BountyHMS Bounty , famous as the scene of the Mutiny on the Bounty on 28 April 1789, was originally a three-masted cargo ship, the Bethia, purchased by the British Admiralty, then modified and commissioned as His Majesty's Armed Vessel the...
, primarily to play the fiddle.
Deaths
- 10 September - William Blakeney, 1st Baron BlakeneyWilliam Blakeney, 1st Baron BlakeneyWilliam Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney KB was an Irish soldier known for his unsuccessful defence of the Spanish island of Minorca following the Battle of Minorca in 1756.-Early life:...
, soldier (b.16721672 in Ireland-Births:*William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney, soldier .*Richard Steele, writer and politician, co-founder of The Spectator magazine ....
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