1757 in Ireland
Events from the year 1757 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- Catholic Committee, to press for repeal of the penal laws against Roman Catholics, is established by Charles O'Conor, John Curry and Mr. Wyse of Waterford. O'Conor publishes The Protestant Interest of Ireland Considered.
- The Wide Streets Commission is established by Act of Parliament at the request of Dublin Corporation to govern standards on the layout of streets, bridges, buildings and other architectural considerations, influential in the creation of Georgian Dublin.
- September 26 – St Patrick's Hospital for Imbeciles, Dublin, established under the will of Jonathan Swift, accepts its first patients
- December 8 – the Rotunda Hospital opens in Dublin.
- December 31 – the title of Viscount Ligonier of Enniskillen is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Field Marshal John [Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier|John Ligonier].
- Kilbeggan Distillery established.
Births
- 15 May – John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore, soldier and politician
- 17 March – Alexander Knox, theological writer
- Approximate date – Jonah Barrington, judge and memoirist
Deaths
- 10 June – Henry Temple, 1st [Viscount Palmerston], politician
- 16 July – Chichester Fortescue, politician
- 3 November – Lieutenant colonel George Monro, army officer
- Sampson Towgood Roch, miniature painter
- William Saurin, lawyer and politician