1718 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1718 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

George I

Events

• May 2 – the scholar William Nicolson is appointed Bishop of Derry.^[1]
• May 10 – the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Emly is united with the Archbishopric of Cashel.
• July - August – the first ships carrying Scotch-Irish emigrants from Ulster to North America arrive in Boston, Massachusetts.^[2]
• October 28 – Ashkenazi Jews lease the site for Ballybough Cemetery in Fairview, Dublin, Ireland's first Jewish cemetery.^[3]
• Jervis Street Hospital, is founded by six surgeons as the Charitable Infirmary in Cook Street, the first public voluntary hospital in the British Isles.^{[4] [5]}

Births

• March 2 – John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly, politician and peer (d. 1784)
• Nano Nagle, founder of the Presentation Sisters (d. 1784)

Deaths

• October 24 – Thomas Parnell, clergyman and poet (b. 1679)
• 1716 or 1718 – Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh, historian (b. 1629)

Notes and References

1. D. W.. Hayton. Nicolson, William (1655–1727). 2004. 2012-08-22. 10.1093/ref:odnb/20186.
2. Web site: The arrival of "five ships" in August, 1718. Lynx2Ulster. 2012-10-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20120127232538/http://www.lynx2ulster.com/ScotchIrishPioneers/008.php. 2012-01-27. dead.
3. Web site: History of the Jewish Cemetery. Fairview-Marino.com. 2013-02-25. https://archive.today/20130122174028/http://www.fairview-marino.com/history-of-the-jewish-cemetery. 2013-01-22. dead.
4. Book: Widdess, J. D. H.. The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, Dublin, 1718–1968. Dublin. 1968.
5. Book: O'Brien, Eoin. The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, 1718–1987: a farewell tribute. Monkstown. Anniversary Press. 1987. 1870940016 .