1730 in Ireland

Events from the year 1730 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: George II

Events

 * First bridge across the River Foyle linking Lifford and Strabane is built.
 * First turnpike act for Ireland, for improvement of the road from Dublin to Kilcullen Bridge.
 * Edward Lovett Pearce succeeds Thomas Burgh as Surveyor General of Ireland.

Births

 * James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon, merchant, landlord and politician (d. 1802)
 * Approximate date
 * Thomas Barton, missionary clergyman (d. 1780)
 * Theophilus Blakeney, politician (d. 1813)

Deaths

 * January 29 – Thomas Flynn, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh
 * August 6 – Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory (b. 1668?)
 * October 3 – Thomas Brodrick, politician (b. 1654)
 * December 4 – Edward Southwell, politician (b. 1671)
 * December 18 – Colonel Thomas Burgh, Surveyor General of Ireland (b. 1670)