1771 in Ireland

none 1771 Events from the year 1771 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events 7 August – foundation stone of Clifton House, Belfast, the Belfast Charitable Society's poorhouse, is laid. October – Achmet Borumborad, con-artist, opens a Turkish Baths on Bachelor's Quay (modern day Bachelor's Walk), Dublin.Fallon Donal 2018-03-01 The curious story of Achmet Borumborad and the Turkish Baths https://comeheretome.com/2018/03/01/the-curious-story-of-achmet-borumborad-and-the-turkish-baths/ 2022-11-06 comeheretome.com en The first of the Roman Catholic relief bills passes into law, permitting Catholics to reclaim and hold under lease for sixty-one years 50 acres (20 ha) of bog if more than a mile of any city or market town. Archbishop Richard Robinson founds the Armagh Public Library. William James of Bailieborough emigrates to the Thirteen Colonies of North America where he will make a great fortune in Albany, New York, and become father of Henry James Sr. Births 19 July – Thomas Talbot, soldier and politician in Upper Canada (died 1853). 26 October – Juan Mackenna, soldier in Chile (died 1814). William Homan, only Dunlum Baronet (died 1852). Edward Jordan, rebel, fisherman and pirate in Nova Scotia (executed 1809). Edward Kernan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher from 1824 (died 1844). Philip Nolan, horse-trader and freebooter (killed 1801 in the United States). Approximate date Elizabeth Rebecca Edwin née Richards, actress (died 1854). James Bardin Palmer, land agent, lawyer and politician in Prince Edward Island (died 1833). Deaths 24 September – Arthur Jones-Nevill, Surveyor General of Ireland and politician (born c.1712). 4 November – Charles Lucas, apothecary, physician and radical politician (born 1713). 25 November – Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet, politician (born 1699). 18 December – James O'Brien, politician (born 1701?). References 1771 Category:Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Category:1770s in Ireland