1741 in Ireland
Events from the year 1741 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: George II
Events
- January-April – Great Irish Famine at its height.
- June-August – hot summer. The harvest is improved, but disease encouraged.
- 2 October – the Bull's Head Musical Society opens a Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin.
- 18 November – the composer George Frideric Handel arrives in Dublin to give a series of concerts.
- Commencement of construction of obelisk and other works on Killiney Hill by John Mapas to relieve poverty.
- Completion of rebuilding of Powerscourt House in County Wicklow by the architect Richard Cassels.
Births
- 23 June – William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty, politician and statesman.
- 4 October – Edmond Malone, Shakespeare scholar and literary critic.
- 11 October – James Barry, painter.
- Approximate date – Bryan Higgins, chemist
Deaths
- 16 March – Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry, politician.
- John Ussher, soldier and politician.