1781 in Ireland
# 1781 in Ireland

Events from the year 1781 in Ireland.

## Incumbent

* Monarch: George III

## Events

* 8 August – construction of The Custom House, Dublin, to the design of James Gandon, begins.

## Arts and literature

* First annual Granard harp festival.

## Births

* 6 February – John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, British Army Lieutenant-General (died 1844).
* 25 December? – Sydney Owenson, novelist (died 1859).
* William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor, painter (died 1850).

## Deaths

* 26 September – Andrew Lewis, pioneer and surveyor, soldier from Virginia (born 1720).
