Events from the year 1722 in Ireland

Incumbent Monarch: George I

Events William Wood commences the minting (in London) of copper halfpence and farthings for circulation in Ireland.

Births

May 29 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, politician (d. 1773) Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet, politician (d. 1799)

Deaths March 11 – John Toland, philosopher (b. 1670)

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