1772 in Ireland

Events from the year 1772 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: George III

Events

 * 3 June – the London-Derry Journal and General Advertiser is first published.
 * 27 July – the Johnston Baronetcy, of Gilford in the County of Down, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland.

Births

 * 1 May – Lowry Cole, soldier, politician and MP for Enniskillen from 1797 to 1800, Governor of Mauritius and Cape Colony (died 1842).
 * 16 July – William Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley, politician (died 1838).
 * 9 October – Mary Tighe, poet (died 1810).
 * Robert Blake, dentist, first State Dentist of Dublin (died 1822).
 * Edward Southwell Ruthven, Repealer politician and member of the United Kingdom Parliament (died 1836).

Deaths

 * 10 June – Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne, peer.