1784 in Ireland

Events from the year 1784 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: George III

Events

 * 11 February – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland chartered.
 * 15 April – the first ascent of a manned balloon in the British Isles takes place with a hot air balloon at Navan
 * The Old Bushmills Distillery becomes an officially registered company
 * The post of Postmasters General of Ireland established
 * William Conyngham begins installation of a planned settlement on Rutland Island, County Donegal
 * New Church of Ireland St. John's Cathedral, Cashel, completed
 * The satirist John Williams is prosecuted for an attack on the Duke of Rutland's administration in the Volunteers' Journal and flees the country

Births

 * 12 May – James Sheridan Knowles, dramatist and actor (died 1862).
 * 20 September – Sir Richard John Griffith, 1st Baronet, geologist (died 1878).
 * Full date unknown
 * Richard Church, soldier, military officer and general in the Greek Army (died 1873).
 * Thomas Barnwall Martin, soldier, landowner and politician (died 1847).

Deaths

 * 3 April – John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly, politician and peer (born 1718).
 * 26 April – Nano Nagle, founder of the Presentation Sisters (born 1718).
 * 29 May – George Barret, Sr., artist (born c.1730).
 * Thomas Cooley, architect (born 1740 in England).