1766 in Ireland
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The year 1766 in Ireland is characterised by certain events, arts and literature occurrences, births and deaths. For a fuller date context the year should be termed 1766 AD in Ireland.
Arts and literature
- Oliver GoldsmithOliver GoldsmithOliver Goldsmith was an Irish writer, poet and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield , his pastoral poem The Deserted Village , and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man and She Stoops to Conquer...
novel The Vicar of WakefieldThe Vicar of WakefieldThe Vicar of Wakefield is a novel by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith. It was written in 1761 and 1762, and published in 1766, and was one of the most popular and widely read 18th-century novels among Victorians...
is first published.
Births
- 23 January - William Cusac Smith, BaronetWilliam Cusac Smith, BaronetSir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet FRS was an Irish baronet and politician.-Background and education:Cusack-Smith was the eldest son of Sir Michael Smith, 1st Baronet, Master of the Rolls in Ireland from 1801 to 1806, and his first wife Maryanne Cusack. It was a mixed marriage and William to...
, judge (d. 18361836 in Ireland-Events:*February, foundation of the Ulster Bank in Belfast*Foundation of the Royal Bank of Ireland see Allied Irish Banks.*August following one of the coldest summers in over fifty years there is widespread failure of the potato crop.-Births:...
) - 26 December - Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess ConynghamHenry Conyngham, 1st Marquess ConynghamHenry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC, FSA , known as The Lord Conyngham between 1787 and 1789, as The Viscount Conyngham between 1789 and 1797 and as The Earl Conyngham between 1797 and 1815, was an Anglo-Irish courtier and politician of the Regency period...
, politician (d.18321832 in Ireland-Births:*6 May - Margaret Anna Cusack, nun, writer and founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace .*10 May - William Russell Grace, businessman and first Roman Catholic mayor of New York ....
).
Full date unknown
- Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount GuillamoreStandish O'Grady, 1st Viscount GuillamoreThe Rt. Hon. Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore, PC , from Cahir Guillamore, County Limerick, served as Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer for Ireland for a number of years...
, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland (d.18401840 in Ireland-Events:*The Palm House in Belfast Botanic Gardens is completed, constructed by Richard Turner of Dublin. It is one of the earliest examples of a curvilinear cast iron glasshouse in the world.-Births:...
). - William OrrWilliam OrrWilliam Orr was a member of the United Irishmen who was executed in 1797 in what was widely believed at the time to be "judicial murder" and whose memory led to the rallying cry “Remember Orr” during the 1798 rebellion.-Background:...
, member of the United Irishmen, executed by the British (d.17971797 in Ireland-Events:*General Lake's disarming of Ulster.*Henry Grattan retires from parliament.-Births:*2 June - Joseph Blake, 3rd Baron Wallscourt, socialist .*John Doyle, artist ....
). - John TempletonJohn Templeton (botanist)John Templeton was an early Irish naturalist and botanist. He is often referred to as the "Father of Irish Botany". He was the father of naturalist, artist and entomologist Robert Templeton.-Biography:...
, naturalist and botanist (d.18251825 in Ireland-Events:*The Unlawful Societies Act proscribed both the Catholic Association and the Orange Order.*Foundation of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, see Allied Irish Banks-Births:*13 April - D'Arcy McGee, journalist, politician in Canada, assassinated ....
).
Deaths
- Frances SheridanFrances SheridanFrances Sheridan was an Anglo-Irish novelist and playwright.Frances Sheridan was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her father, Dr. Phillip Chamberlaine, was an Anglican minister. In 1747 she married Thomas Sheridan, who was then an actor and theatre director, and at the same time she began work on her...
, novelist and playwright (b.17241724 in Ireland-Births:*20 October - Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective, peer .*Frances Sheridan, novelist and playwright ....
). - 15 March - Nicholas SheehyNicholas SheehyNicholas Sheehy was an 18th century Irish Roman Catholic priest who was executed on charge of accessory to murder. Father Sheehy was a prominent opponent of the British Penal Laws, which persecuted Catholics in Ireland.- Family :...
, Roman Catholic priestPriestA priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
, opponent of the British Penal LawsPenal Laws (Ireland)The term Penal Laws in Ireland were a series of laws imposed under English and later British rule that sought to discriminate against Roman Catholics and Protestant dissenters in favour of members of the established Church of Ireland....
, murdered by the British (b.17281728 in Ireland-Births:*18 August - James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont, statesman, first President of the Royal Irish Academy, president of the volunteer convention in Dublin, 1783 ....
).