1716 In Ireland

picture info	1716 In Ireland Events from the year 1716 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George I Events June 20 – acts of the Parliament of Ireland for: Confiscating the estates of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde and vesting them in the Crown, and abolishing the county palatine of Tipperary. Drainage and navigation of the River Shannon. The titles Viscount Molesworth and Baron Philipstown, of Swords in the County of Dublin, are created in the Peerage of Ireland for Robert Molesworth. Arts and literature November 12 – Johann Sigismund Kusser (Cousser) is appointed "Master of the Music, attending His Majesties State in Ireland". Sarah Butler's ''Irish Tales'' is published in London. Births November 1 – Tichborne Aston, politician (d. 1748) * William Fisher, politician in Nova Scotia (d. 1777) * Charles Tottenham, politician (d. 1795) Approximate date * James Daly, politician (d. 1769) *Richard Tyrell, naval officer (d. 1766) Deaths August 6 – Paul Davys, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell, nob ... [...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]
	Tichborne Aston Tichborne Aston (1 November 1716 – 4 March 1748) was an Ireland, Irish politician. He was the son of William Aston, MP for Dunleer (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Dunleer, and his wife Hon. Salisbury Tichborne, daughter of Henry Tichborne, 1st Baron Ferrard and Arabella Cotton; The Astons, a junior branch of the family of Lord Aston of Forfar, came originally from Staffordshire. Tichborne's great-grandfather Sir William Aston (Irish judge), William Aston, moved to `Ireland and became a prominent judge. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College, Dublin, Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p24: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Aston entered the Irish House of Commons in 1741 and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ardee (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Ardee until his death in 1748. He was appointed H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1670 In Ireland Events from the year 1670 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Charles II Events February–April – William Penn visits the Quaker William Morris at Castle Salem, Cork. * March 7 – Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, sets foot on Irish soil for the first time in 23 years. * June 17 – Peter Talbot, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, holds his first provincial synod in Dublin. It opens with Solemn High Mass, which for forty years many of the faithful have not witnessed. A subsequent assembly of the senior clergy produces a dispute over the Primacy of Ireland. * Barrack Bridge is constructed over the River Liffey in Dublin. * William Robinson is appointed Surveyor General of Ireland. First recognized precursor to modern Gaelic football is played in County Meath. Arts and literature December 26 – upper gallery of the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin collapses for the first time. Births January 24 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Paul Davys, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell Paul Davys, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell (c.1670–1716) was an Irish peer of the early eighteenth century. Background He was the elder son of Sir John Davys and Anne Thelwall. His father was Secretary of State (Ireland), as was his grandfather Sir Paul Davys (died 1672). The Davys family are recorded as living at Kill, County Kildare since the sixteenth century. Paul's uncle, whose heir he was, was Sir William Davys, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. Inheritance and peerage Sir William, who died in 1687, had bought and improved St. Catherine's Park, Leixlip, which he wished to descend to his male heirs. At the same time, he wished to provide for his stepdaughters, and in particular for Lady Catherine McCarthy. These were the daughters of Callaghan MacCarty, 3rd Earl of Clancarty (died 1676) and Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald, daughter of George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare and Lady Joan Boyle, who remarried Sir William in 1682. (Catherine had at least two sisters, Margaret and Eliza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	August 6 Events Pre-1600 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. 1601–1900 1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix. * 1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1806 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the Austrian Empire. 1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States. * 1824 – Peruvian War of Independence: The Battle of Junín. * 1825 – The Bolivian Declaration of Inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1766 In Ireland The year 1766 in Ireland is characterised by certain events, arts and literature occurrences, births and deaths. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events 12 March – the Blunden Baronetcy, of Castle Blunden, in the County of Kilkenny is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for John Blunden, a member of the Irish House of Commons. 15 March – Nicholas Sheehy, the Roman Catholic priest of Clogheen, County Tipperary, and an open opponent of the Penal Laws against Catholics, having been tried on dubious evidence as an accessory to murder, is hanged, drawn and quartered at Clonmel. 1 July – establishment of the first Volunteers of Ireland corps. 3 November – the Parnell Baronetcy, of Rathleague, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for John Parnell, High Sheriff of Queen's County. Arts and literature Oliver Goldsmith's novel ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' is first published. Births 23 January – William Cusac Smith, Baronet, judge (died 1836) 26 December – Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Richard Tyrell Rear-Admiral Richard Tyrell (1691–26 June 1766) was an Irish officer in the Royal Navy. Life He was born in Dublin in 1691 the son of James and Mary Tyrell. Tyrell was a nephew of Sir Peter Warren, and entered the Royal Navy rather late in life, spending most of his active service in the West Indies. His first post was as Lieutenant on the 44-gun HMS Launceston in January 1741 under Captain Peter Warren. In March 1742 he was given command of the 8-gun HMS Comet. He was promoted to Captain in December 1743 replacing Warren on HMS Launceston. In September 1744 he transferred to be Captain of the 20 gun HMS Deal Castle. Stationed in the West Indies he captured three French pivateers: La Bien Aime, La Fidele and La Providence. In June 1745 he transferred to HMS Lyme. In April 1746 he captured the corvette La Saxonne off the Leeward Islands. In April 1747 he transferred to HMS Centaur remaining in the West Indies. From September 1749 to February 1755 he took an extended le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1769 In Ireland Events from the year 1769 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events 15 July – the Royal Hibernian Military School, founded in Dublin to educate orphaned children of members of the British armed forces in Ireland, is granted its Royal charter. November – River Shannon made navigable from Killaloe ( Lough Derg) to Roosky above Lough Ree. Births 1 May – the Hon. Arthur Wesley, later Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, soldier and statesman (died 1852). May – Nicholas Tuite MacCarthy, Jesuit preacher (died 1833). 18 June – Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, politician, represented the United Kingdom at the Congress of Vienna (died 1822). 28 July – Hudson Lowe, British military leader (died 1844). 23 December – Martin Archer Shee, painter (died 1850). Approximate date – Gorges Lowther, politician (died 1854). Deaths 23 January – Thomas Fortescue, politician (born 1683). 19 September – Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry, Royal Navy office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Daly (died 1769) James Daly ( – 1769) was an Irish Member of Parliament. In 1741 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Athenry, and then in 1768 for the borough of Galway. He was son of Denis Daly of Carrownakelly, County Galway, and grandson of Denis Daly, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). He was married firstly to Bridget, daughter of Francis Bermingham, 14th Baron Athenry and Lady Mary Nugent, and secondly to Catherine, daughter of Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet and his second wife Elizabeth Ashe. His children by his second wife included St George Daly, later a judge, and the politician Denis Daly, father of James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal (1 April 1782 – 7 August 1847) was an Irish politician. Background Daly was the eldest son of Denis Daly and Lady Henrietta, daughter of Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham and Henrietta Cantillon, .... References * https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/htt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1795 In Ireland Events from the year 1795 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events 5 June – the Royal College of St Patrick established at Maynooth by Act of Grattan's Parliament to provide university-level education for Roman Catholic ecclesiastical and lay students. 21 September * Battle of the Diamond, a violent confrontation between the Catholic Defenders and Protestants including Peep o' Day Boys, Orange Boys and local tenant farmers, takes place near Loughgall, County Armagh. ** The Loyal Orange Institution (Orange Order) is formed in County Armagh following the Battle of the Diamond. * William Pitt, Prime Minister of Great Britain, replaces the popular and liberal Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Fitzwilliam, with Earl Camden, an opponent of Catholic Emancipation whose arrival in Dublin is greeted with riots. Society of the United Irishmen members including Theobald Wolfe Tone and Henry Joy McCracken meet at Cavehill to the north of Belfast. The town of Louisburgh, County M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Charles Tottenham (1716–1795) Charles Tottenham (1716 – 10 September 1795) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Fethard from 1755 to 1760, for New Ross from 1761 to 1768, for Bannow from 1768 to 1776, for Clonmines from 1776 to 1790 and again for Fethard from 1790 to his death. He was a younger son of Charles Tottenham and his first wife Ellinor Cliffe, daughter of John Cliffe of Mulrankin, County Wexford and Barbara Carr, and younger brother of Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet, who married a daughter of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus and was father of Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely. Charles also married a daughter of the 1st Viscount Loftus, Anne (born 8 November 1718, died 10 November 1768). Their children included Charles Tottenham, Nicholas Loftus Tottenham and Ponsonby Tottenham, all MPs, and Elizabeth, who married Sir James Hutchinson, 2nd Baronet. References * http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/tt/tottenham1.htm * https://web.archive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1777 In Ireland Events from the year 1777 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events 25 January – John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, is sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 19 February – the Langrishe Baronetcy, of Knocktopher Abbey in the County of Kilkenny, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Hercules Langrishe, Member of Parliament for Knocktopher in the Irish House of Commons. 29 May – the Palmer Baronetcy, of Castle Lackin in the County of Mayo, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Roger Palmer. Summer – the code duello is adopted at the Clonmel Assizes as the form for pistol duels by gentlemen in Ireland. Rev. Thomas Campbell publishes the first edition of ''A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland in a series of letters to John Watkinson, M.D.'' anonymously in London. Arts and literature 15 April – first performance of John O'Keeffe's play '' The Shamrock'' at the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin. The playwright moves to London this year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

picture info	1716 In Ireland Events from the year 1716 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George I Events June 20 – acts of the Parliament of Ireland for: Confiscating the estates of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde and vesting them in the Crown, and abolishing the county palatine of Tipperary. Drainage and navigation of the River Shannon. The titles Viscount Molesworth and Baron Philipstown, of Swords in the County of Dublin, are created in the Peerage of Ireland for Robert Molesworth. Arts and literature November 12 – Johann Sigismund Kusser (Cousser) is appointed "Master of the Music, attending His Majesties State in Ireland". Sarah Butler's ''Irish Tales'' is published in London. Births November 1 – Tichborne Aston, politician (d. 1748) * William Fisher, politician in Nova Scotia (d. 1777) * Charles Tottenham, politician (d. 1795) Approximate date * James Daly, politician (d. 1769) *Richard Tyrell, naval officer (d. 1766) Deaths August 6 – Paul Davys, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell, nob ... [...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]
	Tichborne Aston Tichborne Aston (1 November 1716 – 4 March 1748) was an Ireland, Irish politician. He was the son of William Aston, MP for Dunleer (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Dunleer, and his wife Hon. Salisbury Tichborne, daughter of Henry Tichborne, 1st Baron Ferrard and Arabella Cotton; The Astons, a junior branch of the family of Lord Aston of Forfar, came originally from Staffordshire. Tichborne's great-grandfather Sir William Aston (Irish judge), William Aston, moved to `Ireland and became a prominent judge. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College, Dublin, Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p24: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Aston entered the Irish House of Commons in 1741 and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ardee (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Ardee until his death in 1748. He was appointed H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1670 In Ireland Events from the year 1670 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Charles II Events February–April – William Penn visits the Quaker William Morris at Castle Salem, Cork. * March 7 – Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, sets foot on Irish soil for the first time in 23 years. * June 17 – Peter Talbot, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, holds his first provincial synod in Dublin. It opens with Solemn High Mass, which for forty years many of the faithful have not witnessed. A subsequent assembly of the senior clergy produces a dispute over the Primacy of Ireland. * Barrack Bridge is constructed over the River Liffey in Dublin. * William Robinson is appointed Surveyor General of Ireland. First recognized precursor to modern Gaelic football is played in County Meath. Arts and literature December 26 – upper gallery of the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin collapses for the first time. Births January 24 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Paul Davys, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell Paul Davys, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell (c.1670–1716) was an Irish peer of the early eighteenth century. Background He was the elder son of Sir John Davys and Anne Thelwall. His father was Secretary of State (Ireland), as was his grandfather Sir Paul Davys (died 1672). The Davys family are recorded as living at Kill, County Kildare since the sixteenth century. Paul's uncle, whose heir he was, was Sir William Davys, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. Inheritance and peerage Sir William, who died in 1687, had bought and improved St. Catherine's Park, Leixlip, which he wished to descend to his male heirs. At the same time, he wished to provide for his stepdaughters, and in particular for Lady Catherine McCarthy. These were the daughters of Callaghan MacCarty, 3rd Earl of Clancarty (died 1676) and Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald, daughter of George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare and Lady Joan Boyle, who remarried Sir William in 1682. (Catherine had at least two sisters, Margaret and Eliza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	August 6 Events Pre-1600 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. 1601–1900 1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix. * 1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1806 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the Austrian Empire. 1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States. * 1824 – Peruvian War of Independence: The Battle of Junín. * 1825 – The Bolivian Declaration of Inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1766 In Ireland The year 1766 in Ireland is characterised by certain events, arts and literature occurrences, births and deaths. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events 12 March – the Blunden Baronetcy, of Castle Blunden, in the County of Kilkenny is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for John Blunden, a member of the Irish House of Commons. 15 March – Nicholas Sheehy, the Roman Catholic priest of Clogheen, County Tipperary, and an open opponent of the Penal Laws against Catholics, having been tried on dubious evidence as an accessory to murder, is hanged, drawn and quartered at Clonmel. 1 July – establishment of the first Volunteers of Ireland corps. 3 November – the Parnell Baronetcy, of Rathleague, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for John Parnell, High Sheriff of Queen's County. Arts and literature Oliver Goldsmith's novel ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' is first published. Births 23 January – William Cusac Smith, Baronet, judge (died 1836) 26 December – Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Richard Tyrell Rear-Admiral Richard Tyrell (1691–26 June 1766) was an Irish officer in the Royal Navy. Life He was born in Dublin in 1691 the son of James and Mary Tyrell. Tyrell was a nephew of Sir Peter Warren, and entered the Royal Navy rather late in life, spending most of his active service in the West Indies. His first post was as Lieutenant on the 44-gun HMS Launceston in January 1741 under Captain Peter Warren. In March 1742 he was given command of the 8-gun HMS Comet. He was promoted to Captain in December 1743 replacing Warren on HMS Launceston. In September 1744 he transferred to be Captain of the 20 gun HMS Deal Castle. Stationed in the West Indies he captured three French pivateers: La Bien Aime, La Fidele and La Providence. In June 1745 he transferred to HMS Lyme. In April 1746 he captured the corvette La Saxonne off the Leeward Islands. In April 1747 he transferred to HMS Centaur remaining in the West Indies. From September 1749 to February 1755 he took an extended le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1769 In Ireland Events from the year 1769 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events 15 July – the Royal Hibernian Military School, founded in Dublin to educate orphaned children of members of the British armed forces in Ireland, is granted its Royal charter. November – River Shannon made navigable from Killaloe ( Lough Derg) to Roosky above Lough Ree. Births 1 May – the Hon. Arthur Wesley, later Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, soldier and statesman (died 1852). May – Nicholas Tuite MacCarthy, Jesuit preacher (died 1833). 18 June – Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, politician, represented the United Kingdom at the Congress of Vienna (died 1822). 28 July – Hudson Lowe, British military leader (died 1844). 23 December – Martin Archer Shee, painter (died 1850). Approximate date – Gorges Lowther, politician (died 1854). Deaths 23 January – Thomas Fortescue, politician (born 1683). 19 September – Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry, Royal Navy office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Daly (died 1769) James Daly ( – 1769) was an Irish Member of Parliament. In 1741 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Athenry, and then in 1768 for the borough of Galway. He was son of Denis Daly of Carrownakelly, County Galway, and grandson of Denis Daly, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). He was married firstly to Bridget, daughter of Francis Bermingham, 14th Baron Athenry and Lady Mary Nugent, and secondly to Catherine, daughter of Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet and his second wife Elizabeth Ashe. His children by his second wife included St George Daly, later a judge, and the politician Denis Daly, father of James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal (1 April 1782 – 7 August 1847) was an Irish politician. Background Daly was the eldest son of Denis Daly and Lady Henrietta, daughter of Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham and Henrietta Cantillon, .... References * https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/htt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1795 In Ireland Events from the year 1795 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events 5 June – the Royal College of St Patrick established at Maynooth by Act of Grattan's Parliament to provide university-level education for Roman Catholic ecclesiastical and lay students. 21 September * Battle of the Diamond, a violent confrontation between the Catholic Defenders and Protestants including Peep o' Day Boys, Orange Boys and local tenant farmers, takes place near Loughgall, County Armagh. ** The Loyal Orange Institution (Orange Order) is formed in County Armagh following the Battle of the Diamond. * William Pitt, Prime Minister of Great Britain, replaces the popular and liberal Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Fitzwilliam, with Earl Camden, an opponent of Catholic Emancipation whose arrival in Dublin is greeted with riots. Society of the United Irishmen members including Theobald Wolfe Tone and Henry Joy McCracken meet at Cavehill to the north of Belfast. The town of Louisburgh, County M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Charles Tottenham (1716–1795) Charles Tottenham (1716 – 10 September 1795) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Fethard from 1755 to 1760, for New Ross from 1761 to 1768, for Bannow from 1768 to 1776, for Clonmines from 1776 to 1790 and again for Fethard from 1790 to his death. He was a younger son of Charles Tottenham and his first wife Ellinor Cliffe, daughter of John Cliffe of Mulrankin, County Wexford and Barbara Carr, and younger brother of Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet, who married a daughter of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus and was father of Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely. Charles also married a daughter of the 1st Viscount Loftus, Anne (born 8 November 1718, died 10 November 1768). Their children included Charles Tottenham, Nicholas Loftus Tottenham and Ponsonby Tottenham, all MPs, and Elizabeth, who married Sir James Hutchinson, 2nd Baronet. References * http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/tt/tottenham1.htm * https://web.archive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1777 In Ireland Events from the year 1777 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events 25 January – John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, is sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 19 February – the Langrishe Baronetcy, of Knocktopher Abbey in the County of Kilkenny, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Hercules Langrishe, Member of Parliament for Knocktopher in the Irish House of Commons. 29 May – the Palmer Baronetcy, of Castle Lackin in the County of Mayo, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Roger Palmer. Summer – the code duello is adopted at the Clonmel Assizes as the form for pistol duels by gentlemen in Ireland. Rev. Thomas Campbell publishes the first edition of ''A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland in a series of letters to John Watkinson, M.D.'' anonymously in London. Arts and literature 15 April – first performance of John O'Keeffe's play '' The Shamrock'' at the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin. The playwright moves to London this year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]