1721 in Ireland
Events from the year 1721 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- June 24 – an act of the Parliament of Great Britain permits Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, to purchase the Irish estates forfeited by his brother James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde.
- The title Baron Bessborough, of Bessborough, Piltown in the County of Kilkenny, is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of William Ponsonby.
Births
- Henry Jones, poet and tragedian
- Denis Maguire, Bishop (Catholic Church)
- Robert Murray, merchant
- Peter Parker, Admiral of the Fleet
- John Ruxton, landowner and politician
- Approximate date
- *Richard Houston, mezzotint engraver
- *Alexander Montgomery, soldier and politician
Deaths
- July 21 – Walter Kennedy, pirate
- September 20 – Thomas Doggett, actor and benefactor
- Autumn – Godfrey Boate, judge
- Denis Daly, judge
- Sir John Kirwan, merchant