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).[1]
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.[2]
^Scott, Temple (1903). "Letter 1, Introductory Note". The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, vol. VI: The Drapier's Letters. London: George Bell and Sons.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Bardon, Jonathan (2015). Hallelujah - The Story of a Musical Genius and the City That Brought his Masterpiece to Life. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN978-0717163540.
