1724 in Ireland

Incumbent

• Monarch: George I

Events

• March – Jonathan Swift publishes the first of the Drapier's Letters.
• 22 May – a total solar eclipse crosses Ireland around 6:30 p.m.
• John Neal, an instrument-maker and music publisher based in Christ Church Yard, Dublin, publishes the earliest printed collection of Irish music, which includes pieces by Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan.

Births

• March 24 – Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne, politician
• October 20 – Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective, politician
• Samuel Derrick, hack writer
• John Hely, later Hely-Hutchinson, lawyer and statesman
• John Pomeroy, British Army officer
• Frances Sheridan, novelist and playwright
• 1724 or 1725 – Arthur Guinness, brewer
• Approximate date
• *Robert Blakeney, politician
• *Frances Greville née Macartney, poet
• *Samuel Clossy anatomist

Deaths

• February 10 or 1723 – Henry Colley, politician
• November – Liam an Dúna Mac Cairteáin, poet and soldier
• John Barnwell, colonist in the Province of South Carolina
• Approximate date – Proinsias Ó Doibhlin, poet and priest.