Events from the year 1732 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George II Events 8 March – report of a House of Lords committee on the 'state of popery'. 10 March – act reduces the interest rate on loans to 6%. Conor Begley and Hugh MacCartin's English-Irish dictionary is published in Paris. Trinity College Library in Dublin, designed by Thomas Burgh, is completed.
Births 15 May – John Blaquiere, 1st Baron de Blaquiere, soldier and politician (d. 1812) 25 November – Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim, politician (d. 1804) Full date unknown – Henry Flood, statesman (d. 1791)
Deaths 3 July (buried) – Mary Davys, novelist, poet and playwright (b. 1674) 7 July – John Sale, lawyer and MP (b. circa 1675) 2 December – Constantia Grierson, editor, poet and classical scholar (b. 1705)
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