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Events from the year 1729 in Ireland.
- February 3 – the foundation stone is laid for the new Irish Houses of Parliament on College Green in Dublin, designed by Edward Lovett Pearce MP as the world's first purpose-built bicameral legislative building.
- Completion of Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland's first Palladian mansion, designed by Alessandro Galilei and Edward Lovett Pearce for William Conolly, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. [1]
- Jonathan Swift publishes A Modest Proposal.
- January 12 – Edmund Burke, statesman (d. 1797)
- September 21 – Philip Embury, Methodist (d. 1775)
- November 10 – Martin Glynn, Catholic priest (executed 1794)
- December 8 – James Bernard, politician (d. 1790).
- Hercules Langrishe, politician (d. 1811)
- Henry Mossop, actor (d. 1773?)
- Arthur O'Leary, Franciscan (d. 1802)
- Mary Woffington, Irish socialite (d. 1811) [2]
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- March 30 – Jonathan Smedley, Dean of Clogher and Whig satirist (b. 1671)
- May 8 – William King, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and author (b. 1650)
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September 1 –
Richard Steele, writer and politician, co-founder of
The Spectator magazine (b.
1672)
- Full date unknown
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- Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet, of The Mote, landowner and politician (b. c. 1662)
- Aogán Ó Rathaille, Irish language poet (b. c. 1675)
- ^ "About Castletown House". Office of Public Works. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ^ Highfill, Philip H.; Burnim, Kalman A.; Langhans, Edward A. (1993). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Vol. 16. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-8093-1803-2.
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Other events of 1729 List of years in Ireland | ||||
Events from the year 1729 in Ireland.
- February 3 – the foundation stone is laid for the new Irish Houses of Parliament on College Green in Dublin, designed by Edward Lovett Pearce MP as the world's first purpose-built bicameral legislative building.
- Completion of Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland's first Palladian mansion, designed by Alessandro Galilei and Edward Lovett Pearce for William Conolly, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. [1]
- Jonathan Swift publishes A Modest Proposal.
- January 12 – Edmund Burke, statesman (d. 1797)
- September 21 – Philip Embury, Methodist (d. 1775)
- November 10 – Martin Glynn, Catholic priest (executed 1794)
- December 8 – James Bernard, politician (d. 1790).
- Hercules Langrishe, politician (d. 1811)
- Henry Mossop, actor (d. 1773?)
- Arthur O'Leary, Franciscan (d. 1802)
- Mary Woffington, Irish socialite (d. 1811) [2]
- March 30 – Jonathan Smedley, Dean of Clogher and Whig satirist (b. 1671)
- May 8 – William King, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and author (b. 1650)
-
September 1 –
Richard Steele, writer and politician, co-founder of
The Spectator magazine (b.
1672)
- Full date unknown
-
- Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet, of The Mote, landowner and politician (b. c. 1662)
- Aogán Ó Rathaille, Irish language poet (b. c. 1675)
- ^ "About Castletown House". Office of Public Works. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ^ Highfill, Philip H.; Burnim, Kalman A.; Langhans, Edward A. (1993). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Vol. 16. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-8093-1803-2.