1739 in Ireland
Events from the year 1739 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- 27 April – the trial of Henry Barry, 4th Baron Barry of Santry, before the Irish House of Lords for the drunken murder of a tavern servant in Palmerstown the previous summer opens; he is convicted but later pardoned.
- July-August – wet summer, affecting the harvest and the cutting of turf.
- 26 September – "Address of the Roman Catholics of Ireland" to George II of Great Britain requesting longer leases.
- 6 October – the title Earl of Bessborough is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, chief commissioner of revenue.
- 27 December-February 1740 – the 'Great Frost': unusually harsh winter in which the River Liffey froze over, and citizens "walked and recreated themselves upon the ice".
Births
- 27 September – Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, politician
- 31 October – James Gordon, merchant, soldier, and politician in America
- Judge Fulton, judge, surveyor, politician, and founder of the village of Bass River, Nova Scotia
- Hugh Kelly, dramatist and poet
- Hugh O'Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher
Deaths
- Charles Jervas, painter, translator and art collector