1750 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1750 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- At about this date, a chocolate house, the predecessor of Daly's Club, is established in Dublin.[1]
- Captain Henry Delamain takes over the World's End Pottery in Dublin, bringing his expertise in the manufacture of Delftware.
Births
- 7 February – Thomas McCord, businessman and politician in Lower Canada (died 1824)
- 24 July – John Philpot Curran, orator and wit, lawyer and MP (died 1817)
- Full date unknown
- John Connolly, second bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York (died 1825)
Deaths
- 29 July – Laetitia Pilkington, poet and memoirist (born c. 1709)
- Seamus McMurphy, poet and outlaw (born 1720)