1784 in Ireland
Events from the year 1784 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- 11 February – Royal [College of Surgeons in Ireland] chartered.
- 15 April – the first ascent of a manned balloon in the British Isles takes place with a hot air balloon at Navan
- The Old Bushmills Distillery becomes an officially registered company
- The post of Postmasters General of Ireland established
- William Conyngham begins installation of a planned settlement on Rutland Island, County Donegal
- New Church of Ireland St. John's Cathedral, Cashel, completed
- The satirist John Williams is prosecuted for an attack on the Duke of Rutland's administration in the Volunteers' Journal and flees the country
Births
- 12 May – James Sheridan Knowles, dramatist and actor.
- 20 September – Sir [Richard John Griffith, 1st Baronet], geologist.
- ;Full date unknown
- :*Richard Church, soldier, military officer and general in the Greek Army.
- :*Thomas Barnwall Martin, soldier, landowner and politician.
Deaths
- 3 April – John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly, politician and peer.
- 26 April – Nano Nagle, founder of the Presentation Sisters.
- 29 May – George Barret, Sr., artist.
- Thomas Cooley, architect.