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1778 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1778 in Ireland
.
←
1777
1776
1775
1774
1773
1778
in
Ireland
→
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1750s
1760s
1770s
1780s
1790s
See also:
Other events of 1778
List of years in Ireland
Incumbent
edit
Monarch
:
George III
Events
edit
28 March –
Hugh O'Reilly
succeeds
Daniel O'Reilly
as
Roman Catholic
Bishop of Clogher
, an office he will hold until
1801
.
[1]
April – the
Ladies of Llangollen
run away from Ireland to set up a rural household together.
24 April –
American Revolutionary War
:
North Channel Naval Duel
:
John Paul Jones
in
USS
Ranger
captures
HMS
Drake
in the
North Channel
off
Carrickfergus
.
Papists Act
provides a measure of
Catholic Relief
: Catholics now have property rights and may intermarry; and restoration of Catholic religious institutions begins.
Charles Vallancey
surveys
West Cork
.
Births
edit
4 March –
Robert Emmet
, nationalist, rebel against British rule in 1803 (executed
1803
).
18 May –
Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
, soldier, politician and nobleman (died
1854
).
29 September –
Catherine McAuley
, nun (died
1841
).
15 November –
George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh
, politician (died
1840
).
Deaths
edit
March –
Thomas Roberts
, landscape painter (born
1748
).
28 March –
Daniel O’Reilly
,
Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher
(born
1700
).
References
edit
^
"Bishop Hugh O'Reilly [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
www.catholic-hierarchy.org
. Retrieved
2022-12-20
.