Events from the year 1772 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III
Events 3 June – the London-Derry Journal and General Advertiser is first published. 27 July – the Johnston Baronetcy, of Gilford in the County of Down, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland.
Births 1 May – Lowry Cole, soldier, politician and MP for Enniskillen from 1797 to 1800, Governor of Mauritius and Cape Colony (died 1842). 16 July – William Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley, politician (died 1838). 9 October – Mary Tighe, poet (died 1810). Robert Blake, dentist, first State Dentist of Dublin (died 1822). Edward Southwell Ruthven, Repealer politician and member of the United Kingdom Parliament (died 1836).
Deaths 10 June – Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne, peer.
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