Events from the year 1765 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- Coercion Act against the Whiteboys.[1]
- First Magdalene asylum (for Protestant girls) in Ireland opens on Leeson Street in Dublin, founded by Lady Arabella Denny.[2]
- Gracehill established in County Antrim as a Moravian community.
Arts and literature
- Sculptor Christopher Hewetson settles in Rome.
Births
- 14 January – George Knox, politician (died 1827).
- 13 April – Thomas Wallace, politician (died 1847).
- 19 July – George Beresford, Church of Ireland Bishop of Kilmore (died 1841).
- 6 December – Edward O'Reilly, scholar (died 1830).
- 29 December - Laurence Hynes Halloran, alleged criminal deported to Australia
- Robert Holmes, barrister and nationalist (died 1859).
- Samuel Turner, barrister and informer (killed 1807).
- Approximate date – Charles Bourke, priest (died 1820).
Deaths
- 24 November – William Dunkin, poet (born c.1709).
- 26 November – Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet, politician (born 1705).
- 29 December – John Alexander, minister and writer (born 1736).
- 31 December – Samuel Madden, clergyman, writer and benefactor (born 1686).
References
- ^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 373.
- ^ McCarthy, Rebecca Lea (2010). Origins of the Magdalene laundries: an analytical history. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-7864-4446-5. Retrieved 2011-09-25.