Events from the year 1724 in Ireland Incumbent Monarch: George I Events March – Jonathan Swift publishes the first of the Drapier's Letters (A Letter To the Shop-Keepers, Tradesmen, Farmers, and Common-People of Ireland, Concerning the Brass Half-Pence Coined by Mr. Woods). 22 May – a total solar eclipse crosses Ireland around 6:30 p.m. John Neal, an instrument-maker and music publisher based in Christ Church Yard, Dublin, publishes the earliest printed collection of Irish music, which includes pieces by Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan.
Births
March 24 – Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne, politician (d. 1789) October 20 – Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective, politician (d. 1795) Samuel Derrick, hack writer (d. 1769 in England) John Hely, later Hely-Hutchinson, lawyer and statesman (d. 1794) John Pomeroy, British Army officer (d. 1790) Frances Sheridan, novelist and playwright (d. 1766) 1724 or 1725 – Arthur Guinness, brewer (d. 1803) Approximate date Robert Blakeney, politician (d. 1762) Frances Greville née Macartney, poet (d. 1789) Samuel Clossy anatomist (d. August 22, 1786 in Dublin, Ireland)
Deaths February 10 or 1723 – Henry Colley, politician (b. c.1685) November – Liam an Dúna Mac Cairteáin, poet and soldier (b. 1668) John Barnwell, colonist in the Province of South Carolina (b. 1671) Approximate date – Proinsias Ó Doibhlin, poet and priest.
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