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1741 In Ireland
Events from the year 1741 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George II Events *January–April – Great Irish Famine (1740–1741) at its height. *June–August – hot summer. The harvest is improved, but disease encouraged. *2 October – the Bull's Head Musical Society opens a Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin. *18 November – the composer George Frideric Handel arrives in Dublin to give a series of concerts. *Commencement of construction of obelisk and other works on Killiney Hill (overlooking Dublin Bay) by John Mapas to relieve poverty. *Completion of rebuilding of Powerscourt House in County Wicklow by the architect Richard Cassels. Births *23 June – William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty, politician and statesman (died 1805). *4 October – Edmond Malone, Shakespeare scholar and literary critic (died 1812). *11 October – James Barry, painter (died 1806). *Approximate date – Bryan Higgins, chemist (died 1818) Deaths *16 March – Thomas FitzMaurice, 1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Monarch
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish McCal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Malone
Edmond Malone (4 October 174125 May 1812) was an Irish Shakespearean scholar and editor of the works of William Shakespeare. Assured of an income after the death of his father in 1774, Malone was able to give up his law practice for at first political and then more congenial literary pursuits. He went to London, where he frequented literary and artistic circles. He regularly visited Samuel Johnson and was of great assistance to James Boswell in revising and proofreading his ''Life'', four of the later editions of which he annotated. He was friendly with Sir Joshua Reynolds, and sat for a portrait now in the National Portrait Gallery. He was one of Reynolds' executors, and published a posthumous collection of his works (1798) with a memoir. Horace Walpole, Edmund Burke, George Canning, Oliver Goldsmith, Lord Charlemont, and, at first, George Steevens, were among Malone's friends. Encouraged by Charlemont and Steevens, he devoted himself to the study of Shakespearean chronolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Years Of The 18th Century In Ireland
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1741 In Ireland
Events from the year 1741 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George II Events *January–April – Great Irish Famine (1740–1741) at its height. *June–August – hot summer. The harvest is improved, but disease encouraged. *2 October – the Bull's Head Musical Society opens a Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin. *18 November – the composer George Frideric Handel arrives in Dublin to give a series of concerts. *Commencement of construction of obelisk and other works on Killiney Hill (overlooking Dublin Bay) by John Mapas to relieve poverty. *Completion of rebuilding of Powerscourt House in County Wicklow by the architect Richard Cassels. Births *23 June – William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty, politician and statesman (died 1805). *4 October – Edmond Malone, Shakespeare scholar and literary critic (died 1812). *11 October – James Barry, painter (died 1806). *Approximate date – Bryan Higgins, chemist (died 1818) Deaths *16 March – Thomas FitzMaurice, 1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1682 In Ireland
Events from the year 1682 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: Charles II Events * February 19 – William Sheridan consecrated Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh in the Church of Ireland. *February 21 – the Eaton Baronetcy of Dunmoylin, County Limerick is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Simon Eaton. *July 24 – the office of Third Serjeant-at-law at the Irish Bar is created, the first holder being John Lyndon. *September 27 – the King baronetcy of Boyle Abbey in the County of Roscommon is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Robert King. Births *James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley, Field Marshal in the British Army (d. 1774) * Henry Singleton, judge (d. 1759) *''approximate date'' **Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon, politician (d. 1764) ** John Ussher, soldier and politician (d. 1741) Deaths *March 29 – Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery, politician (b. 1646) *November 28 – Valentine Greatrakes, faith healer (b. 1628) *Sir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet, politician (b. c. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ussher (died 1741)
John Ussher (circa 1682 – 1741) was an Irish soldier and Member of Parliament. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Beverley Ussher by his wife Grace, daughter of Sir Richard Osborne, 2nd Baronet. His nephews John Ussher and Beverley Ussher were also MPs. He reached the rank of captain in General Lumley's Regiment of Horse, seeing action at the Battle of Blenheim. On 20 December 1714 he married Mary St George, daughter and heiress of Sir George St George, later Lord St George. In November 1715 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for his father-in-law's former constituency of Carrick, sitting until his death. He later also served as Governor of Galway and, from 1735, Vice-Admiral of Connaught. His son St George Ussher succeeded to his seat in Parliament. He later adopted the surname St George and was created Baron St George. His daughter Olivia married Arthur French and their son Christopher adopted the surname St George in 1774; he was the grandfather of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1668 In Ireland
Events from the year 1668 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: Charles II Events * Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery, resigns the office of Lord President of Munster on account of disputes with James Butler, Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Births * Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry, politician (d. 1741) Deaths * 14 April – George Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane (b. c.1636/7) * Full date unknown – Patrick D'Arcy, nationalist who wrote the constitution of Confederate Ireland (b. 1598) References 1660s in Ireland Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ... Years of the 17th century in Ireland {{Ireland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1818 In Ireland
Events from the year 1818 in Ireland. Events * 6 January – opening of General Post Office (Dublin). * 22 April–26 May – Select Committee of the House of Commons inquires into fever in Ireland. Typhus epidemic continues. * Mid-May – Paddle steamer ''Thames'' makes the first steamboat passage from the Clyde to Dublin. * 30 May – Fever Hospitals Act. * 13–14 June – ''Rob Roy'' makes the first steamboat passage from the Clyde to Belfast. * Restoration of Down Cathedral completed. * The Irish Society for Promoting the Education of the Native Irish through the Medium of Their Own Language is founded in Dublin by members of the Church of Ireland, the main movers being Henry Joseph Monck Mason and Bishop Robert Daly. * Highwayman and rapparee Captain Gallagher surrenders to the authorities, is tried at Foxford and executed at Castlebar. Arts and literature * Rev. Patrick Brontë's anonymous "modern tale" ''The Maid of Killarney'' is published in London. * Sydney Owenson p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Higgins
Bryan Higgins (1741 – 1818) was an Irish natural philosopher in chemistry. He was born in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland. His father (d. 1777) was also called Dr. Bryan Higgins. Higgins entered the University of Leiden in 1765, whence he qualified as a doctor of physics. He subsequently ran a School of Practical Chemistry at 13 Greek Street, Soho, London during the 1770s, which was patronised by the then Duke of Northumberland amongst others. He was more of a speculator than an experimenter, and published many works on chemistry and related disciplines. Joseph Priestley was an attendee of Higgins's lectures, but the two became enemies following a dispute over experiments on air (Priestley at the time was working on his six-volume tome ''Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air''). At some point between 1780 and 1790, Higgins visited Saint Petersburg at the favour of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. He returned to London in January 1794 to continue his lec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1806 In Ireland
Events from the year 1806 in Ireland. Events *10 April – Sir Arthur Wellesley marries Kitty Pakenham, daughter of the Earl of Longford, in the temporary St. George's Church built on Whitworth Road in Dublin. * American engraver Henry Pelham, agent for Lord Lansdowne's Irish estates, is drowned from a boat while superintending the erection of a martello tower in the Kenmare River. Arts and literature *John Wilson Croker (anonymously) publishes his mock-heroic verse satire on Dublin socio-political life ''The Amazoniad; or, Figure and Fashion''. *Sydney Owenson publishes her epistolary novel ''The Wild Irish Girl: a National Tale''. *Samuel Thomson publishes his third volume of verse ''Simple Poems on a Few Subjects''. *The English architect George Papworth moves to Dublin. Births *21 January – William Quarter, first Roman Catholic bishop of Chicago (died 1848). *25 January – Daniel Maclise, painter (died 1870). *10 May - James Shields, Irish American politician and United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Barry (painter)
James Barry (11 October 1741 – 22 February 1806) was an Irish painter, best remembered for his six-part series of paintings entitled '' The Progress of Human Culture'' in the Great Room of the Royal Society of Arts in London. Because of his determination to create art according to his own principles rather than those of his patrons, he is also noted for being one of the earliest romantic painters working in Britain, though as an artist few rated him highly until the fully comprehensive 1983 exhibition at the Tate Gallery led to a reassessment of this "notoriously belligerent personality", who emerged as one of the most important Irish artists. He was also notable as a profound influence on William Blake. Life and work James Barry was born in Water Lane (now Seminary Road) on the northside of Cork, Ireland on 11 October 1741. His father had been a builder, and, at one time of his life, a coasting trader between England and Ireland. Barry actually made several voyages as a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
