1762 in Ireland

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Events

February - Roman Catholic nobility and gentry offer support to King George III in the Seven Years' War in the Iberian Peninsula.^[1]
20 March - A French privateer takes six ships off Youghal.^[2]
30 April - Acts grant security to Protestants who have acquired property from Catholics.^[1]
Old St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, in Marlborough Street, is completed.
Watt distillery in Derry is established; it will produce Tyrconnell (whiskey).

14 May - Charles Macklin's The True-Born Irishman is first performed at the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin.^[1]
Approximate date - James Barry paints Baptism of the King of Cashel.

11 January - Andrew Cherry, playwright, songwriter, actor and theatrical manager (died 1812 in Wales).
24 February - Gideon Ouseley, Methodism's 'apostle to the Irish' (died 1839).
20 May - Eyre Coote, British Army officer (died 1832).
1 June - Edmund Ignatius Rice, Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist, founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers (died 1844).
12 June - Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker, politician (died 1834).
25 December - Michael Kelly, actor, singer and composer (died 1826).
Henry Browne Hayes, sheriff and abductor (died 1832).
Approximate date - John Chetwode Eustace, Roman Catholic priest and antiquary (died 1815 in Italy).

20 February - Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby, politician (born c.1720).
20 March - James Cuffe, landowner (born 1707).
22 March - Courthorpe Clayton, soldier and courtier.
September
- Francesco Geminiani, violinist and composer (born 1687 in Italy).
- Seán Ó Murchadha, poet.^[1]
16 November - John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, writer (born 1707).
30 December - Robert Blakeney, politician (born c.1724).
Macnamara Morgan, playwright and barrister (born c.1720).
Charles Smith, topographer and apothecary (born 1715).

1 2 3 4 Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
↑ Prendergast, Jean (2002–2013). "Youghal – Genealogy & History". Cork Ancestors. Retrieved 2013-03-01.

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