1777 in Ireland

none 1777 Events from the year 1777 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events 25 January – John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, is sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.Moody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etal 19 February – the Langrishe Baronetcy, of Knocktopher Abbey in the County of Kilkenny, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Hercules Langrishe, Member of Parliament for Knocktopher in the Irish House of Commons.Kidd, Charles Williamson, David Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage New York St. Martin's Press 1990 29 May – the Palmer Baronetcy, of Castle Lackin in the County of Mayo, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Roger Palmer.August 2012 Summer – the code duello is adopted at the Clonmel Assizes as the form for pistol duels by gentlemen in Ireland. Rev. Thomas Campbell publishes the first edition of A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland in a series of letters to John Watkinson, M.D. anonymously in London. The Trinity College Dublin Zoological Museum is formed. Arts and literature 15 April – first performance of John O'Keeffe's play The Shamrock at the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin. The playwright moves to London this year. 8 May – first performance of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy of manners The School for Scandal at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 331 Births 17 March – Patrick Brunty, Anglican clergyman and father of the Brontë sisters (died 1861). 4 May – Richard Bourke, soldier and Governor of New South Wales, Australia from 1831 to 1837 (died 1855). 22 June – William Brown, creator and first admiral of the Argentine Navy (died 1857). 12 August - Chichester Fortescue, who briefly served as an Irish Member of Parliament (died 1826). Deaths 3 February – Hugh Kelly, dramatist and poet (born 1739). 18 July – William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, peer and politician (born 1700). References 1777 Category:Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Category:1770s in Ireland