1770 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1770 in Ireland.
Contents
Events
- 21 March - The College Historical Society, a debating society at Trinity College, Dublin, founded by Edmund Burke, holds its first meeting[1] when Burke's Club (founded 1747) merges with the Historical Club (1753).
- Lough Ree Yacht Club is founded as Athlone Yacht Club.
Arts and literature
- John O'Keeffe's play The Giant's Causeway.
Births
- 30 November - Andrew Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney, soldier, politician and peer (died 1832).
Full date unknown
- William Reid Clanny, physician and inventor of the Clanny safety lamp for miners (died 1850).
- James Orr, rhyming weaver poet (died 1816).
Deaths
- 12 January - James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown, politician (born 1700).
- 12 September - William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly, politician (born 1710).
Full date unknown
- Francis Lucas, naval officer and merchant trader (b. c1741).
References
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