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Events from the year 1739 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- 27 April – 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.
- 26 September – "Address of the Roman Catholics of Ireland" to George II of Great Britain requesting longer leases.
- 6 October – the title Earl of Bessborough is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, chief commissioner of revenue.
- 27 December–February 1740 – the 'Great Frost': unusually harsh winter.
Births
- 27 September – Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, politician (d. 1821)
- 31 October – James Gordon, merchant, soldier, and politician in America (d. 1810)
Full date unknown
- Judge Fulton, judge, surveyor, politician, and founder of the village of Bass River, Nova Scotia (d. 1826)
- Hugh Kelly, dramatist and poet (d. 1777)
- Hugh O'Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d. 1801)
Deaths
- Charles Jervas, painter, translator and art collector (b. c.1675)
References
- ^ 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; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 215–216. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
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