1788 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1788 in Ireland.
Incumbent
[edit]Events
[edit]- 1 August – English Market in Cork is opened.[1]
- Belfast Reading Society is established in Belfast, later to become the Linen Hall Library.
Births
[edit]- 12 September – Alexander Campbell, religious leader in Britain and the United States (died 1866).
- 14 October – Edward Sabine, astronomer, scientist, ornithologist and explorer (died 1883).
- James Murray, physician (died 1871).
Deaths
[edit]- 5 March – Guy Johnson, military officer and diplomat (born c1740).
- 9 June – Hector Theophilus de Cramahé, Lieutenant-Governor of Province of Quebec, and Lieutenant Governor of Detroit (born 1720).
References
[edit]- ^ "The Establishment of the English Market". Cork: The English Market. Retrieved 2019-12-03.