1748 in Ireland

none 1748 Events from the year 1748 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George II Events Leinster House (at this time called Kildare House) in the unfashionable south side of Dublin is completed as a residence for James FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare by Richard Cassels.http://archiseek.com/2010/1745-leinster-house-kildare-street-dublin/ 1745 – Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin Archiseek 2011-02-06 9 April: the Newtown Act, allowing non-resident burgesses in parliamentary boroughs, is given royal assent.The Newtown Act of 1748: Revision and Reconstruction A. P. W. Malcomson Irish Historical Studies 18 71 March 1973 313–344 30005420 http://www.qub.ac.uk/ild/?func=display_bill&id=1966 Bill Number 0987 Irish Legislation Database Queen's University Belfast 21 March 2014 Births 22 May – Thomas Roberts, landscape painter (died 1778). Denis Daly, landowner, MP and Mayor of Galway (died 1791). Alexander Macomb, senior, merchant and land speculator with Macomb's Purchase in New York (died 1831 in the United States). John Ramage, miniature painter (died 1802). Approximate date – Henry Conwell, Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia (died 1842). Deaths May – Walter Blake, politician. 16 August – Sir James Somerville, 1st Baronet, politician. 29 October – Ross Roe MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh (born 1698). References 1748 Category:Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Category:1740s in Ireland