1790 in Ireland

Events from the year 1790 in Ireland.

Incumbents

Monarch: George III

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.