1739 in Ireland

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Events

April 27 - The trial of Henry Barry, 4th Baron Barry of Santry, before the Irish House of Lords for the drunken murder of a tavern servant in Palmerstown the previous summer opens; he is convicted but later pardoned.
July–August - Wet summer, affecting the harvest and the cutting of turf.^[1]
September 26 - "Address of the Roman Catholics of Ireland" to George II of Great Britain requesting longer leases.^[1]
October 6 - The title Earl of Bessborough is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, chief commissioner of revenue.^[1]
December 27–February 1740 - The 'Great Frost': unusually harsh winter.^[2]

1 2 3 Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
↑ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 215–216. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

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