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List of events
Events from the year 1754 in Ireland .
Incumbent
Events
6 March – Thomas Dillon, Richard Ferrall and Co.'s
bank failure in
Dublin due to fraud, the first of three (1754–
1755 ); the partners abscond to France.
[1]
County of Meath Infirmary established at
Navan .
[2]
Arts and literature
Births
15 January –
Richard Martin , "Humanity Dick", politician and animal rights activist (died
1834 )
7 May –
Adam Averell ,
Primitive Wesleyan cleric (died
1847 )
23 May –
William Drennan ,
physician ,
poet ,
educationalist and co-founder of the
Society of United Irishmen (died
1820 )
14 July –
Robert Ward , politician (died
1831 )
25 August –
Charles Coote, 2nd Baron Castle Coote , politician (died
1823 )
9 December –
Francis Rawdon , politician and military officer (died 1826 at sea)
Cornelius Heeney , merchant and politician in America (died
1848 )
Patrick O'Kelly , poet and eccentric (died
1835 )
Approximate date –
Andrew Todd , fur trader in North America (died
1796 )
Deaths
References
^
a
b Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8 : A Chronology of Irish History . Oxford University Press.
ISBN
978-0-19-821744-2 .
^ Scally, Barbara (2008). "Origins of the County of Meath Infirmary". Ríocht na Midhe . 19 : 146–56.