1721 in Ireland

← 1720 1719 1718 1717 1716 1721 in Ireland → 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s
See also:	Other events of 1721 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1721 in Ireland.

Events

• June 24 – an act of the Parliament of Great Britain permits Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, to purchase the Irish estates forfeited by his brother James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde.[1]
• The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland is the highest political office in the Parliament of Ireland; Viscount Midleton being the incumbent.
• The title Baron Bessborough, of Bessborough, Piltown in the County of Kilkenny, is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of William Ponsonby.[2]

Births

• Henry Jones, poet and tragedian (d. 1770)
• Denis Maguire, Bishop (Catholic Church) (d. 1798)
• Robert Murray, merchant (d. 1786)
• John Ruxton, landowner and politician (d. 1785)
• Approximate date
  • Richard Houston, mezzotint engraver (d. 1775)
  • Alexander Montgomery, soldier and politician (d. 1785)

Deaths

Thomas Dogget

• July 21 (hanged) – Walter Kennedy, pirate (b. c.1695)
• September 20 – Thomas Doggett, actor and benefactor (b. c.1670)
• Autumn – Godfrey Boate, judge (b. 1673)
• Denis Daly, judge (b. c.1638)
• Sir John Kirwan, merchant (b. 1650)

References

1. 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.
2. Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.