This article lists events from the year 1737 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George II Events April 9 – William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in succession to Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (sworn 7 September). August 29 – proclamation reducing the ratio of gold to silver in coins of Ireland to conform with the British standard. September 1 – The News Letter is first published in Belfast by Francis Joy, making it the world's oldest existing English language newspaper.
Births April 18 – William Hazlitt, Unitarian minister and writer (d. 1820) May 2 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, British Whig statesman, home secretary in 1782 and prime minister 1782–1783 (d. 1805) May 14 – George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat (d. 1806) Christopher Hewetson, sculptor (d. c.1798) Joseph Wall, British army officer, colonial governor and murderer (d. 1802)
Deaths August 7 – Hugh MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1660) November – Sir Gerard Lally, Jacobite and French military officer. John Neale, influential Dublin music publisher and musical instrument maker.
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