1728 in Ireland
Events from the year 1728 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George II Events May 6 – Disenfranchising Act, an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of Penal Laws, prohibiting all Roman Catholics from voting, receives royal assent. Arts and literature Matthew Dubourg becomes Master and Composer of State Music of Dublin. Births August 18 – James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont, statesman, first President of the Royal Irish Academy, president of the volunteer convention in Dublin, 1783 (d. 1799) November 10 – Oliver Goldsmith, writer, poet and physician (d. 1774) Nicholas Sheehy, Roman Catholic priest, opponent of the Penal Laws, executed (d. 1766) Deaths January 28 – Esther Johnson, friend of Jonathan Swift (b. 1681) Rev. Caleb Threlkeld, botanist (b. 1676) References Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland 1720s in Ireland