1750 in Ireland
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  • 7 February - Thomas McCord
    Thomas McCord
    Thomas McCord was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1750 and had arrived at Quebec City with his family by 1764. He entered business as a merchant at Quebec and Montreal. He was director of the Montréal Distillery Company from 1787 through...

    , businessman and politician in Lower Canada
    Lower Canada
    The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...

     (d.1824
    1824 in Ireland
    -Births:*23 April - William Nash, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 at Lucknow, India .*28 May - Thomas Croke, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, founder patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association ....

    ).
  • 24 July - John Philpot Curran
    John Philpot Curran
    John Philpot Curran was an Irish orator, politician and wit, born in Newmarket, County Cork. He was the son of James and Sarah Curran.-Career:...

    , orator and wit, lawyer and MP
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     (d.1817
    1817 in Ireland
    -Births:*6 January - J. J. McCarthy, architect .*26 May - Denis Florence MacCarthy, poet, translator, biographer .*19 September - Charles Joseph Alleyn, lawyer and political figure in Quebec ....

    ).

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  • John Connolly
    John Connolly (bishop)
    John Connolly, O.P. was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. A Dominican, he served as Bishop of New York from 1814 until his death in 1825.-Biography:...

    , second bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York (d.1825
    1825 in Ireland
    -Events:*The Unlawful Societies Act proscribed both the Catholic Association and the Orange Order.*Foundation of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, see Allied Irish Banks-Births:*13 April - D'Arcy McGee, journalist, politician in Canada, assassinated ....

    ).
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