1712 in Ireland
Events from the year 1712 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- 12 November – A riot takes place in Dublin during a performance of Nicholas Rowe's Tamerlane a play which supports the Whigs (British [political party)|Whig] view of William III as a justified conqueror of Britain and Ireland. A prologue written by the Whiggish Samuel Garth is read, which inflames Tory and Jacobite opinion.
- Bridge built over the River Bann at Banbridge.
- A translation of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer into Irish, made by John Richardson, is published.
Births
- October 15 – Leslie Corry, politician
- October 22 – James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn, politician
- Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon, impresario, founder of the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin
- Marcus Paterson, lawyer and politician
- approximate date
- *Riggs Falkiner, politician
- *Arthur Jones-Nevill, politician
Deaths
- January 5 – Richard [Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh], politician
- October – Robert Blennerhassett, lawyer
- William Edmondson, founder of Quakerism in Ireland