1791 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1791 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: George III

Events

• September – Wolfe Tone publishes Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland.
• 14 October – the Northern Whig Club, a group of nine Belfast Presbyterians, meets with Wolfe Tone and Thomas Russell and forms the Society of United Irishmen to press for liberal non-denominational parliamentary reform.
• 7 November – The Custom House in Dublin opens for business, having been completed under the supervision of James Gandon.

The Custom House, Dublin

• The Grand Canal opens to a junction with the Barrow at Athy.^[1]
• The first bridge across the River Foyle at Derry, built by the American Lemuel Cox in wood, is opened to vehicular traffic.^[2]

Births

• 6 March – John MacHale, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, Irish Nationalist and writer (died 1881).
• 17 August – Richard Lalor Sheil, politician, writer and orator (died 1851).
• 14 December – Charles Wolfe, poet (died 1823).

  Full date unknown

  • James Graham, soldier, commended for his gallantry during the Battle of Waterloo (died 1845).

Deaths

• 2 December – Henry Flood, statesman (born 1732).

  Full date unknown

  • George Bryan, businessman, statesman and politician in Pennsylvania (born 1731).
  • Robert Carver, artist (b. c1730).

References

1. Delany, Ruth (1988). A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 82. ISBN 0-86281-200-3.
2. "The Boston Bridge - Londonderry's First Bridge Across The Foyle". Northern Scrivener. 2012-12-30. Retrieved 2013-02-27.