1769 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1769 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- 15 July â the Royal Hibernian Military School, founded in Dublin to educate orphaned children of members of the British armed forces in Ireland, is granted its Royal charter.
- November â River Shannon made navigable from Killaloe (Lough Derg) to Roosky above Lough Ree.[1]
Births
- 1 May â the Hon. Arthur Wesley, later Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, soldier and statesman (died 1852).
- May â Nicholas Tuite MacCarthy, Jesuit preacher (died 1833).
- 18 June â Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, politician, represented the United Kingdom at the Congress of Vienna (died 1822).
- 28 July â Hudson Lowe, British military leader (died 1844).
- 23 December â Martin Archer Shee, painter (died 1850).
- Approximate date â Gorges Lowther, politician (died 1854).
Deaths
- 23 January â Thomas Fortescue, politician (born 1683).
- 19 September â Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry, Royal Navy officer (born 1698).
- 20 November â Charles Gardiner, landowner and politician (born 1720).
- James Daly, politician (born c.1716).