1776 in Ireland
Events from the year 1776 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: George III
Events
- 3 February – proclamation imposing an embargo on export of provisions from Ireland to secure supplies for the British Army fighting in the American Revolutionary War.
- 4 April – act of the Parliament of Ireland to prevent "tumultuous risings", directed against the Whiteboys.
- 4 July – United States Declaration of Independence signed in Philadelphia. Eight of the signatories are Irish American, three having been born in Ireland. This night, Strabane-born John Dunlap prints copies at his shop in the city.
Births
- 3 July – Henry Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton, politician..
- 1 August – Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, MP, Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada and Governor General of British North America.
- 11 September – Thomas Arbuthnot, British military officer.
- 1 October – Augustus Warren Baldwin, naval officer and political figure in Upper Canada.
Deaths
- 25 September – Thomas Burke, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory.