1761 in Ireland

Events from the year 1761 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: George III

Events

 * 10 November – Protestant "manifesto of intolerance" ("Black Petition") against Roman Catholics signed in Galway.

Births

 * 20 July – Arthur Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran, politician (died 1837).
 * 17 September – Samuel Neilson, one of the founder members of the Society of United Irishmen and the founder of its newspaper the Northern Star (died 1803).
 * 21 November – Dorothea Jordan (née Bland), actress and royal mistress (died 1816 in France).
 * Full date unknown
 * Michael Byrne, signed as an able seaman by Captain Bligh on HMS Bounty, primarily to play the fiddle.

Deaths

 * 7 January – Darkey Kelly, brothel-keeper, burned at the stake for murder.
 * 10 September – William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney, soldier (born 1672).