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1756 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1756 in Ireland
.
←
1755
1754
1753
1752
1751
1756
in
Ireland
→
1757
1758
1759
1760
1761
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1730s
1740s
1750s
1760s
1770s
See also:
Other events of 1756
List of years in Ireland
Incumbent
edit
Monarch
:
George II
Events
edit
30 May – the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise
is formed by merger of the
Bishopric of Ardagh
with that of
Clonmacnoise
. Augustine Cheevers serves as first bishop until August when he is succeeded by Anthony Blake.
The title
Earl of Lanesborough
is created in the
Peerage of Ireland
in favour of
Humphrey Butler, 2nd Viscount Lanesborough
.
The title
Earl of Shannon
is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of the politician
Henry Boyle
.
Charles Bingham
was appointed
High Sheriff of Mayo
Arts and literature
edit
May – the dramatic poem
Leucothoé
becomes
Isaac Bickerstaffe
's first published work.
[1]
Births
edit
29 January –
Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore
, politician (died
1825
)
30 June –
Charles FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale
, politician (died
1810
)
July –
John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn
, politician (died
1818
)
25 July (probable date) –
Elizabeth Hamilton
, Scottish essayist, poet, satirist and novelist (died 1816 in England)
Deaths
edit
Approximate date –
Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna
, poet (born c.
1680
)
References
edit
^
Tasch, Peter A. (1971).
The Dramatic Cobbler: The Life and Works of Isaac Bickerstaff
. Associated University Presses. p. 29.