1728 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1728 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: George II

Events

• May 6 – Disenfranchising Act, an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of penal laws, prohibiting all Roman Catholics from voting, receives royal assent.^[1]

Arts and literature

• Matthew Dubourg becomes Master and Composer of State Music of Dublin.

Births

• August 18 – James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont, statesman, first President of the Royal Irish Academy, president of the volunteer convention in Dublin, 1783 (d. 1799)
• November 10 – Oliver Goldsmith, writer, poet and physician (d. 1774)^[2][3]
• Nicholas Sheehy, Roman Catholic priest, opponent of the penal laws (executed 1766)

Deaths

• January 28 – Esther Johnson, friend of Jonathan Swift (b. 1681)
• April 28 – Rev. Caleb Threlkeld, botanist (b. 1676)

References

1. Simms, J. G. (March 1960). "Irish Catholics and the Parliamentary Franchise, 1692–1728". Irish Historical Studies. 12 (45): 28–37. JSTOR 30005038.
2. James Prior (sir.) (1837). The life of Oliver Goldsmith. Murray. p. 14. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
3. John W. Cousin (1938). Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 978-1-4655-7188-5. Retrieved 17 March 2015.