1724 in Ireland
Events from the year '''1724 in Ireland'''
Incumbent
Events
- March – Jonathan Swift publishes the first of the Drapier's Letters.
- 22 May – Solar eclipse of [May 22, 1724|a total solar eclipse crosses Ireland] around 6:30 p.m.
- John Neal, an instrument-maker and music publisher based in Christ Church Yard, Dublin, publishes the earliest printed collection of Irish music, which includes pieces by Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan.
Births
- March 24 – Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne, politician
- October 20 – Thomas Taylour, [1st Earl of Bective], politician
- Samuel Derrick, hack writer
- John Hely, later Hely-Hutchinson, lawyer and statesman
- John Pomeroy, British Army officer
- Frances Sheridan, novelist and playwright
- 1724 or 1725 – Arthur Guinness, brewer
- Approximate date
- *Robert [Blakeney (died 1762)|Robert Blakeney], politician
- *Frances Greville née Macartney, poet
- *Samuel Clossy anatomist
Deaths
- February 10 or 1723 – Henry Colley, politician
- November – Liam an Dúna Mac Cairteáin, poet and soldier
- John Barnwell, colonist in the Province of South Carolina
- Approximate date – Proinsias Ó Doibhlin, poet and priest.