1759 in Ireland

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Decades: 1730s • 1740s • 1750s • 1760s • 1770s Centuries: 16th • 17th • 18th • 19th • 20th See also: Other events of 1759 List of years in Ireland

Events

• Restrictions on import of Irish cattle into England are removed.^[1]
• Henry Flood enters the Irish parliament as member for Kilkenny.^[1]
• Arthur Guinness opens his brewery in St. James's Gate, Dublin.
• Formation of the Irish Catholic Committee, of Dublin merchants and professionals loyal to the British monarchy.

Births

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Deaths

• 16 February - Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon, impresario, founded the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin (b.1712).
• Richard Pockrich, inventor of the Angelic organ (b. c1690)

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