Events from the year 1780 in Ireland.
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- January – William Henry Fitton, geologist (died 1861).
- 12 March – David Barry, military surgeon and physiologist (died 1835).
- 20 March – Myles Byrne, a leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and soldier in the service of France (died 1862).
- 13 April – Alexander Mitchell, engineer and inventor of the screw-pile lighthouse (died 1868).
- May – Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin, author, teacher, draper and politician (died 1838).
- 17 August – George Croly, poet, novelist, historian and divine (died 1860).
- 1 December – Edward Bowen, lawyer and politician in Lower Canada (died 1866).
- 20 December – John Wilson Croker, statesman and author (died 1857).
Delany, Ruth (1988). A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 80. ISBN 0-86281-200-3.
Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 373.