1790 in Ireland
Events from the year 1790 in Ireland.
Incumbents
Events
- 15 March – The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers' Society is established in Dublin; by the 21st century this will be the city's oldest surviving charity.
- May – construction begins on the Royal Canal at Cross Guns Bridge in Phibsborough, Dublin.
- Armagh Observatory, founded by Richard [Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby], Archbishop of Armagh, begins to function.
Arts and literature
- Emo Court, near Emo, County Laois, is designed by James Gandon for John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington.
Births
- 1 January – George [Petrie (artist)|George Petrie], painter, musician, antiquary and archaeologist.
- 15 April – Theobald Jones, British Royal Navy officer, lichenologist and Unionist politician.
- June – Arthur Jacob, ophthalmologist.
- 10 October – Father Theobald [Mathew (temperance reformer)|Theobald Mathew], temperance reformer.
- Alexander Pearce, transported convict and cannibal.
Deaths
- Patrick Browne, physician and botanist.