1743 in Ireland

Events from the year 1743 in Ireland.

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See also:	Other events of 1743 List of years in Ireland

Incumbent

• Monarch: George II

Events

• c. April – radical apothecary Charles Lucas publishes his pamphlet A Remonstrance against certain Infringements on the Rights and Liberties of the Commons and Citizens of Dublin,^[1] arguing that the right of electing Aldermen for Dublin lies with the entire Corporation.
• 15 June – Arthur Jones-Nevill is appointed Surveyor General of Ireland^[2] in succession to Arthur Dobbs.

Births

• 16 April – William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Tuam (died 1819)^[3]
• 16 June – Aedanus Burke, soldier, judge, and United States Representative from South Carolina (died 1802)
• 3 October – Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley, politician (died 1801)
• Joseph Atkinson, dramatist (died 1818)
• Henry Vaughan Brooke, politician (died 1807)
• James Gandon, architect (died 1823)
• Edward Hudson, dentist (died 1821)
• Approximate date – William Creed, politician and merchant in British North America (died 1809)

Deaths

• 11 April – Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet, politician.
• 3 June – Henry Hamilton, politician (born 1692)
• 16 June – Henry Cairnes, politician (born 1673)
• 20/26 August – Abel Strettel, co-founder of Ballitore village, County Kildare
• James Barry, politician (born 1689)
• Price Hartstonge, politician (born 1692)

References

1. 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.
2. By letters patent issued by Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
3. "Dictionary of Irish Biography - Cambridge University Press". dib.cambridge.org. Retrieved 12 January 2021.