1788 in Ireland

Events from the year 1788 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: George III

Events

 * 1 August – English Market in Cork is opened.
 * Belfast Reading Society is established in Belfast, later to become the Linen Hall Library.

Births

 * 12 September – Alexander Campbell, religious leader in Britain and the United States (died 1866).
 * 14 October – Edward Sabine, astronomer, scientist, ornithologist and explorer (died 1883).
 * James Murray, physician (died 1871).

Deaths

 * 5 March – Guy Johnson, military officer and diplomat (born c1740).
 * 9 June – Hector Theophilus de Cramahé, Lieutenant-Governor of Province of Quebec, and Lieutenant Governor of Detroit (born 1720).