1760 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1760 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: George II (until 25 October), then George III

Events

• 21–26 February – Battle of Carrickfergus: A force of French troops under the command of privateer François Thurot captures and holds the town and castle of Carrickfergus before retiring; the force is defeated (and Thurot killed) in a naval action in the Irish Sea on 28 February.^[1]
• 25 October – George III becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland upon the death of George II.
• A Patriot Party under the leadership of Henry Flood, appears in the Irish House of Representatives.^[2]

Births

• 28 January – Mathew Carey, publisher and economist in the United States (d. 1839).
• 14 June – George Forbes, 6th Earl of Granard, general (d. 1837).
• 20 September – John Keating, soldier and land developer (d. 1853).
• Jerome Alley, clergyman and writer (d. 1826).
• Thomas Barnes Gough, merchant and politician in Upper Canada (d. 1815).
• Francis Johnston, architect (d. 1829).
• James Cavanah Murphy, architect and antiquary (d. 1814).
• Edmond Stanley, lawyer and politician (d. 1843).
• Approximate date – Oliver Bond, merchant and revolutionary (d. 1798).

Deaths

• 26 March – Margaret Woffington, actress (b. c1720).
• 23 September – Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet, politician.
• 25 October – George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland; Elector of Hanover; Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 1683)

  Full date unknown

  • Patrick Cotter O'Brien, known as the Bristol Giant and the Irish Giant (died 1806).

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