1761 in Ireland
# 1761 in Ireland

Events from the year 1761 in Ireland.

## Incumbent

* Monarch: George III

## Events

* 10 November – Protestant "manifesto of intolerance" ("Black Petition") against Roman Catholics signed in Galway.

## Births

* 20 July – Arthur Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran, politician (died 1837).
* 17 September – Samuel Neilson, one of the founder members of the Society of United Irishmen and the founder of its newspaper the Northern Star (died 1803).
* 21 November – Dorothea Jordan (née Bland), actress and royal mistress (died 1816 in France).

### Full date unknown

*   * Michael Byrne, signed as an able seaman by Captain Bligh on HMS Bounty, primarily to play the fiddle.

## Deaths

* 7 January – Darkey Kelly, brothel-keeper, burned at the stake for murder.
* 10 September – William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney, soldier (born 1672).
