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List of events
Events from the year 1762 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
Arts and literature
Births
- 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).
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Henry Browne Hayes, sheriff and abductor (died
1832).
- Approximate date –
John Chetwode Eustace, Roman Catholic priest and antiquary (died 1815 in Italy).
Deaths
References