1718 in Ireland

none 1718 Events from the year 1718 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George I Events May 2 – the scholar William Nicolson is appointed Bishop of Derry.D. W. Hayton Nicolson, William (1655–1727) 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20186 2012-08-22 10.1093/ref:odnb/20186 May 10 – the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Emly is united with the Archbishopric of Cashel. July–August – the first ships carrying Scotch-Irish emigrants from Ulster to North America arrive in Boston, Massachusetts.The arrival of "five ships" in August, 1718 http://www.lynx2ulster.com/ScotchIrishPioneers/008.php Lynx2Ulster 2012-10-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20120127232538/http://www.lynx2ulster.com/ScotchIrishPioneers/008.php 2012-01-27 dead October 28 – Ashkenazi Jews lease the site for Ballybough Cemetery in Fairview, Dublin, Ireland's first Jewish cemetery.History of the Jewish Cemetery http://www.fairview-marino.com/history-of-the-jewish-cemetery Fairview-Marino.com 2013-02-25 https://archive.today/20130122174028/http://www.fairview-marino.com/history-of-the-jewish-cemetery 2013-01-22 dead Jervis Street Hospital, is founded by six surgeons as the Charitable Infirmary in Cook Street, the first public voluntary hospital in the British Isles.J. D. H. Widdess The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, Dublin, 1718–1968 Dublin 1968O'Brien, Eoin The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, 1718–1987: a farewell tribute Monkstown Anniversary Press 1987 1870940016 Births thumb|150px|Nano Nagle March 2 – John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly, politician and peer (d. 1784) Nano Nagle, founder of the Presentation Sisters (d. 1784) Deaths October 24 – Thomas Parnell, clergyman and poet (b. 1679) 1716 or 1718 – Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh, historian (b. 1629) References 1718 Category:Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Category:1710s in Ireland