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1728 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1728 in Ireland
.
←
1727
1726
1725
1724
1723
1728
in
Ireland
→
1729
1730
1731
1732
1733
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1700s
1710s
1720s
1730s
1740s
See also:
Other events of 1728
List of years in Ireland
Incumbent
edit
Monarch
:
George II
Events
edit
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
edit
Matthew Dubourg
becomes Master and Composer of State Music of Dublin.
Births
edit
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
(d.
1766
)
Deaths
edit
January 28
–
Esther Johnson
, friend of
Jonathan Swift
(b.
1681
)
Rev.
Caleb Threlkeld
, botanist (b.
1676
)
References
edit
^
Simms, J. G. (March 1960). "Irish Catholics and the Parliamentary Franchise, 1692–1728".
Irish Historical Studies
.
12
(45): 28–37.
JSTOR
30005038.
^
James Prior (sir.) (1837).
The life of Oliver Goldsmith
. Murray. p. 14
. Retrieved
17 March
2015
.
^
John W. Cousin (1938).
Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
. Library of Alexandria.
ISBN
978-1-4655-7188-5
. Retrieved
17 March
2015
.