1712 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1712 in Ireland.
Incumbent
[edit]Events
[edit]- 12 November – A riot takes place in Dublin during a performance of Nicholas Rowe's Tamerlane a play which supports the Whig view of William III as a justified conqueror of Britain and Ireland. A prologue written by the Whiggish Samuel Garth is read, which inflames Tory and Jacobite opinion.[1]
- Bridge built over the River Bann at Banbridge.
- A translation of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer into Irish, made by John Richardson (1664–1747), is published.[2]
Births
[edit]- October 15 – Leslie Corry, politician (d. 1741)
- October 22 – James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn, politician (d. 1789)
- Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon, impresario, founder of the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin (d. 1759)
- Marcus Paterson, lawyer and politician (d. 1787)
- approximate date
- Riggs Falkiner, politician (d. 1797)
- Arthur Jones-Nevill, politician (d. 1771)
Deaths
[edit]- January 5 – Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, politician (b. 1641)
- October – Robert Blennerhassett, lawyer (b. 1652)
- William Edmondson, founder of Quakerism in Ireland (b. 1627)
References
[edit]- ^ Forbes, Suzanne. Print and Party Politics in Ireland, 1689-1714. Springer, 2018. p.89-90
- ^ Mayne, Brian (1 July 2006). "Ireland". In Hefling, Charles; Shattuck, Cynthia (eds.). The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey. Oxford University Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-19-972389-8. Retrieved 22 February 2015.