1743 in Ireland

Events from the year 1743 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: George II

Events

 * c. April – radical apothecary Charles Lucas publishes his pamphlet A Remonstrance against certain Infringements on the Rights and Liberties of the Commons and Citizens of Dublin, arguing that the right of electing Aldermen for Dublin lies with the entire Corporation.
 * 15 June – Arthur Jones-Nevill is appointed Surveyor General of Ireland in succession to Arthur Dobbs.

Births

 * 16 April – William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Tuam (died 1819)
 * 16 June – Aedanus Burke, soldier, judge, and United States Representative from South Carolina (died 1802)
 * 3 October – Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley, politician (died 1801)
 * Joseph Atkinson, dramatist (died 1818)
 * Henry Vaughan Brooke, politician (died 1807)
 * James Gandon, architect (died 1823)
 * Edward Hudson, dentist (died 1821)
 * Approximate date – William Creed, politician and merchant in British North America (died 1809)

Deaths

 * 11 April – Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet, politician.
 * 3 June – Henry Hamilton, politician (born 1692)
 * 16 June – Henry Cairnes, politician (born 1673)
 * 20/26 August – Abel Strettel, co-founder of Ballitore village, County Kildare
 * James Barry, politician (born 1689)
 * Price Hartstonge, politician (born 1692)