Events from the year 1762 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events February – Roman Catholic nobility and gentry offer support to King George III in the Seven Years' War in the Iberian Peninsula. 20 March – a French privateer takes six ships off Youghal. 30 April – acts grant security to Protestants who have acquired property from Catholics. Old St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, in Marlborough Street, is completed. Watt distillery in Derry is established; it will produce Tyrconnell (whiskey).
Arts and literature 14 May – Charles Macklin's The True-Born Irishman is first performed at the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin. Approximate date – James Barry paints Baptism of the King of Cashel.
Births 11 January – Andrew Cherry, playwright, songwriter, actor and theatrical manager (died 1812 in Wales). 24 February – Gideon Ouseley, Methodism's 'apostle to the Irish' (died 1839). 20 May – Eyre Coote, British Army officer (died 1832). 1 June – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist, founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers (died 1844). 12 June – Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker, politician (died 1834). 25 December – Michael Kelly, actor, singer and composer (died 1826). Henry Browne Hayes, sheriff and abductor (died 1832). Approximate date – John Chetwode Eustace, Roman Catholic priest and antiquary (died 1815 in Italy).
Deaths 20 February – Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby, politician (born c.1720). 20 March – James Cuffe, landowner (born 1707). 22 March – Courthorpe Clayton, soldier and courtier. September Francesco Geminiani, violinist and composer (born 1687 in Italy). Seán Ó Murchadha, poet. 16 November – John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, writer (born 1707). 30 December – Robert Blakeney, politician (born c.1724). Macnamara Morgan, playwright and barrister (born c.1720). Charles Smith, topographer and apothecary (born 1715).
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