1737 in Ireland
This article lists events from the year 1737 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- April 9 – William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in succession to Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset.
- August 29 – proclamation reducing the ratio of gold to silver in coins of Ireland to conform with the British standard.
- September 1 – The News Letter is first published in Belfast by Francis Joy, making it the world's oldest existing English language newspaper.
Births
- April 18 – William Hazlitt, Unitarian minister and writer
- May 2 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, British Whig Party|Whig] statesman, home secretary in 1782 and Prime Minister of [the United Kingdom|prime minister] 1782–1783
- May 14 – George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat
- Christopher Hewetson, sculptor
- Joseph Wall, British army officer, colonial governor and murderer
Deaths
- August 7 – Hugh MacMahon, Roman [Catholic Bishop of Clogher], later Archbishop of Armagh
- November – Sir Gerard Lally, Jacobite and French military officer.
- John Neale, influential Dublin music publisher and musical instrument maker.