1755 in Ireland

Events from the year 1755 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: George II

Events

 * 10 April – Essex Bridge across the river Liffey in Dublin is opened to carriage traffic.
 * 1 November – the Spanish Arch in Galway is partially destroyed by a tsunami generated by the Lisbon earthquake which is felt across Munster.
 * The Commissioners of Inland Navigation order commencement of work on making the River Shannon navigable.
 * The Artillery Company of Ireland, predecessor of the Royal Irish Artillery, is formed.
 * Completion of Russborough House, County Wicklow, designed in the Palladian style by Richard Cassels for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown.
 * Kilwarlin Moravian Church is founded in County Down by the evangelist John Cennick.

Births

 * 14 May – George Barrington, pickpocket, socialite, Australian pioneer and author (died 1804 in Australia)
 * 7 June – Isidore Lynch, soldier (died 1841)
 * 24 June – John Glendy, Presbyterian minister (died 1832 in the United States)
 * 8 July – James Blackwood, 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, politician (died 1836)
 * John Handcock, soldier and politician (died 1786)
 * John Proby Osborne, lawyer and politician (died 1787)
 * Owen Wynne, landowner and politician (died 1841)
 * Approximate date
 * Joseph Allison, farmer and politician in Nova Scotia (died 1806)
 * Joseph Marshall, farmer, judge and politician in Nova Scotia (died 1847)

Deaths

 * 16 March – Edward Southwell, politician (born 1705)
 * 25 September – Luke Gardiner, property developer and politician (born c.1690)
 * William Richardson, politician.