1788 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1788 in Ireland.
Events
- Belfast Reading Society is established in Belfast, later to become the Linen Hall Library.
Births
- 12 September - Alexander Campbell, religious leader in Britain and the United States (died 1866).
- 14 October - Edward Sabine, astronomer, scientist, ornithologist and explorer (died 1883).
- James Murray, physician (died 1871)
Deaths
- 5 March - Guy Johnson, military officer and diplomat (b. c1740).
- 9 June - Hector Theophilus de Cramahé, Lieutenant-Governor of Province of Quebec, and Lieutenant Governor of Detroit (born 1720).