1755 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1755 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- 10 April â Essex Bridge across the river Liffey in Dublin is opened to carriage traffic.[1]
- 1 November â the Spanish Arch in Galway is partially destroyed by a tsunami generated by the Lisbon earthquake which is felt across Munster.[1]
- The Commissioners of Inland Navigation order commencement of work on making the River Shannon navigable.[2]
- The Artillery Company of Ireland, predecessor of the Royal Irish Artillery, is formed.[3]
- Completion of Russborough House, County Wicklow, designed in the Palladian style by Richard Cassels for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown.
- Kilwarlin Moravian Church is founded in County Down by the evangelist John Cennick.[4]
Births
- 14 May â George Barrington, pickpocket, socialite, Australian pioneer and author (died 1804 in Australia)[5]
- 7 June â Isidore Lynch, soldier (died 1841)[6]
- 24 June â John Glendy, Presbyterian minister (died 1832 in the United States)[7]
- 8 July â James Blackwood, 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, politician (died 1836)[8]
- John Handcock, soldier and politician (died 1786)
- John Proby Osborne, lawyer and politician (died 1787)
- Owen Wynne, landowner and politician (died 1841)
- Approximate date
- Joseph Allison, farmer and politician in Nova Scotia (died 1806)
- Joseph Marshall, farmer, judge and politician in Nova Scotia (died 1847)
Deaths
- 16 March â Edward Southwell, politician (born 1705)[9]
- 25 September â Luke Gardiner, property developer and politician (born c.1690)
- William Richardson, politician.