1791 in Ireland

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Events

September - Wolfe Tone publishes Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland.
14 October - The Northern Whig Club, a group of nine Belfast Presbyterians, meets with Wolfe Tone and Thomas Russell and forms the Society of United Irishmen to press for liberal non-denominational parliamentary reform.
7 November - The Custom House in Dublin opens for business, having been completed under the supervision of James Gandon.

The Grand Canal opens to a junction with the Barrow at Athy.^[1]
The first bridge across the River Foyle at Derry, built by the American Lemuel Cox in wood, is opened to vehicular traffic.^[2]

6 March - John McHale, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, Irish Nationalist and writer (died 1881).
17 August - Richard Lalor Sheil, politician, writer and orator (died 1851).
14 December - Charles Wolfe, poet (died 1823).

James Graham, soldier, commended for his gallantry during the Battle of Waterloo (died 1845).

↑ Delany, Ruth (1988). A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 82. ISBN 0-86281-200-3.
↑ "The Boston Bridge - Londonderry's First Bridge Across The Foyle". Northern Scrivener. 2012-12-30. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

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