1730 in Ireland
# 1730 in Ireland

Events from the year 1730 in Ireland.

## Incumbent

* Monarch: George II

## Events

* First bridge across the River Foyle linking Lifford and Strabane is built.
* First turnpike act for Ireland, for improvement of the road from Dublin to Kilcullen Bridge.
* Edward Lovett Pearce succeeds Thomas Burgh as Surveyor General of Ireland.

## Births

* James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon, merchant, landlord and politician (d. 1802)
* Approximate date
   * Thomas Barton, missionary clergyman (d. 1780)
   * Theophilus Blakeney, politician (d. 1813)

## Deaths

* January 29 – Thomas Flynn, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh
* August 6 – Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory (b. 1668?)
* October 3 – Thomas Brodrick, politician (b. 1654)
* December 4 – Edward Southwell, politician (b. 1671)
* December 18 – Colonel Thomas Burgh, Surveyor General of Ireland (b. 1670)
