1730 in Ireland

Updated on Dec 13, 2023

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Centuries: 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s

Events from the year 1730 in Ireland.

Events

First bridge across the River Foyle linking Lifford and Strabane is built.

First turnpike act for Ireland, for improvement of the road from Dublin to Kilcullen Bridge.

Edward Lovett Pearce succeeds Thomas Burgh as Surveyor General of Ireland.

James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon, merchant, landlord and politician (d. 1802)

Approximate date

Thomas Barton, missionary clergyman (d. 1780)

Theophilus Blakeney, politician (d. 1813)

January 29 - Thomas Flynn, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh

August 6 - Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory (b. 1668?)

October 3 - Thomas Brodrick, politician (b. 1654)

December 4 - Edward Southwell, politician (b. 1671)

December 18 - Colonel Thomas Burgh, Surveyor General of Ireland (b. 1670)

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