1759 in Ireland

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Events

Restrictions on import of Irish cattle into England are removed.^[1]
Henry Flood enters the Parliament of Ireland as a member for Kilkenny.^[1]
Planned French Invasion of Britain: France considers offering the Kingdom of Ireland to a Stuart pretender.
Formation of the Irish Catholic Committee, of Dublin merchants and professionals loyal to the British monarchy.
31 December - Arthur Guinness leases the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin.

West front of Trinity College, Dublin on College Green completed by architects Henry Keene and John Sanderson.

5 March - Thomas Bray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel (died 1820).
9 September - Hercules Taylour, soldier and politician (died 1790).
Adam Buck, miniaturist and portrait painter (died 1833 in London).
James Craig, politician (died 1833).
Charles Osborne, lawyer and politician (died 1817).
Approximate date
- Sir James Galbraith, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1827).
- Robert Philson, soldier and politician in the United States (died 1831).

16 February - Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon, impresario, founded the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin (born 1712).
Richard Pockrich, inventor of the Angelic organ (born c. 1690).
Henry Singleton, judge (born 1682).

1 2 Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 373.

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