1769 in Ireland

none 1769 Events from the year 1769 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events 15 July – the Royal Hibernian Military School, founded in Dublin to educate orphaned children of members of the British armed forces in Ireland, is granted its Royal charter. November – River Shannon made navigable from Killaloe (Lough Derg) to Roosky above Lough Ree.Ruth Delany A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways Belfast Appletree Press 1988 0-86281-200-3 49 Births 1 May – the Hon. Arthur Wesley, later Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, soldier and statesman (died 1852). May – Nicholas Tuite MacCarthy, Jesuit preacher (died 1833). 18 June – Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, politician, represented the United Kingdom at the Congress of Vienna (died 1822). 28 July – Hudson Lowe, British military leader (died 1844). 23 December – Martin Archer Shee, painter (died 1850). Approximate date – Gorges Lowther, politician (died 1854). Deaths 23 January – Thomas Fortescue, politician (born 1683). 19 September – Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry, Royal Navy officer (born 1698). 20 November – Charles Gardiner, landowner and politician (born 1720). James Daly, politician (born c.1716). References 1769