1712 in Ireland

none 1712 Events from the year 1712 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Anne Events 12 November – A riot takes place in Dublin during a performance of Nicholas Rowe's Tamerlane a play which supports the Whig view of William III as a justified conqueror of Britain and Ireland. A prologue written by the Whiggish Samuel Garth is read, which inflames Tory and Jacobite opinion.Forbes, Suzanne. Print and Party Politics in Ireland, 1689-1714. Springer, 2018. p.89-90 Bridge built over the River Bann at Banbridge. A translation of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer into Irish, made by John Richardson (1664–1747), is published.Ireland Brian Mayne Charles Hefling Cynthia Shattuck The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey https://books.google.com/books?id=ezVH2h6PKUcC 22 February 2015 1 July 2006 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-972389-8 207 Births October 15 – Leslie Corry, politician (d. 1741) October 22 – James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn, politician (d. 1789) Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon, impresario, founder of the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin (d. 1759) Marcus Paterson, lawyer and politician (d. 1787) approximate date Riggs Falkiner, politician (d. 1797) Arthur Jones-Nevill, politician (d. 1771) Deaths January 5 – Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, politician (b. 1641) October – Robert Blennerhassett, lawyer (b. 1652) William Edmondson, founder of Quakerism in Ireland (b. 1627) References 1712 Category:Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Category:1710s in Ireland