1797 in Ireland

none August 2020 April 2013 1797 Events from the year 1797 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events May – Henry Grattan retires from the Irish House of Commons.Moody, T. W. Martin, F. X. 1967 The Course of Irish History Mercier Press Cork 374 Lord Castlereagh is appointed Keeper of the King's Signet for Ireland, a Commissioner of the Treasury for Ireland and a Member of the Privy Council of Ireland. Royal Black Institution formed from Orangemen as a Protestant loyalist fraternal society.Our Background http://www.royalblack.org/background.html The Royal Black Institution Imperial Grand Black Chapter 2001 2013-04-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20130414074533/http://www.royalblack.org/background.html 14 April 2013 dead Arts and literature William Drennan writes the ballad The Wake of William Orr.I. R. McBride Drennan, William (1754–1820) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 Online http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8046 10.1093/ref:odnb/8046 Births 24 February – Samuel Lover, songwriter, novelist and portrait miniaturist (died 1868). 2 June – Joseph Blake, 3rd Baron Wallscourt, socialist (died 1849). 20 November – Tyrone Power, actor, comedian, author and theatrical manager (died 1841). John Doyle, artist (died 1868). Charles C. Ingham, painter and founder of the National Academy of Design in New York City (died 1863). Laurence F. Renehan, priest and historian (died 1857). Deaths 9 July – Edmund Burke, statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher (born 1729) 11 July – Charles Macklin, actor and dramatist (born 1690). 14 October – William Orr, member of the United Irishmen, executed (born 1766). References 1797 Category:Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Category:1790s in Ireland