1754 in Ireland
Events from the year 1754 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- 6 March – Thomas Dillon, Richard Ferrall and Co.'s bank failure in Dublin due to fraud, the first of three ; the partners abscond to France.
- County of Meath Infirmary established at Navan.
Arts and literature
- 2 March – riot at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin. Thomas Sheridan, the manager, resigns, and leaves Ireland on 15 September.
Births
- 15 January – Richard Martin, "Humanity Dick", politician and animal rights activist
- 7 May – Adam Averell, Primitive Wesleyan cleric
- 23 May – William Drennan, physician, poet, educationalist and co-founder of the Society of United Irishmen
- 14 July – Robert Ward, politician
- 25 August – Charles Coote, 2nd [Baron Castle Coote], politician
- 9 December – Francis Rawdon, politician and military officer
- Cornelius Heeney, merchant and politician in America
- Patrick O'Kelly, poet and eccentric
- Approximate date – Andrew Todd, fur trader in North America
Deaths
- 2 January – William James Conolly, politician.
- 16 April – Donal O'Sullivan of Dunkerron Castle, County Kerry.
- John K'Eogh, cleric and natural historian
- Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill, poet