1759 in Ireland

Events from the year 1759 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: George II

Events

 * Restrictions on import of Irish cattle into England are removed.
 * Henry Flood enters the Parliament of Ireland as a member for Kilkenny.
 * Planned French Invasion of Britain: France considers offering the Kingdom of Ireland to a Stuart pretender.
 * Formation of the Irish Catholic Committee, of Dublin merchants and professionals loyal to the British monarchy.
 * 31 December – Arthur Guinness leases the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin.

Arts and literature

 * West front of Trinity College Dublin on College Green completed by architects Henry Keene and John Sanderson.

Births

 * 5 March – Thomas Bray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel (died 1820).
 * 9 September – Hercules Taylour, soldier and politician (died 1790).
 * Adam Buck, miniaturist and portrait painter (died 1833 in London).
 * James Craig, politician (died 1833).
 * Charles Osborne, lawyer and politician (died 1817).
 * Approximate date
 * Sir James Galbraith, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1827).
 * Robert Philson, soldier and politician in the United States (died 1831).

Deaths

 * 16 February – Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon, impresario, founded the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin (born 1712).
 * Richard Pockrich, inventor of the Angelic organ (born c. 1690).
 * Henry Singleton, judge (born 1682).