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See also:	Other events of 1754 ; List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1754 in Ireland.

Incumbent

6 March – Thomas Dillon, Richard Ferrall and Co.'s bank failure in Dublin due to fraud, the first of three (1754–1755); the partners abscond to France.^[1]
County of Meath Infirmary established at Navan.^[2]

2 March – riot at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin. Thomas Sheridan, the manager, resigns, and leaves Ireland on 15 September.^[1]

15 January – Richard Martin, "Humanity Dick", politician and animal rights activist (died 1834)
7 May – Adam Averell, Primitive Wesleyan cleric (died 1847)
23 May – William Drennan, physician, poet, educationalist and co-founder of the Society of United Irishmen (died 1820)
14 July – Robert Ward, politician (died 1831)
25 August – Charles Coote, 2nd Baron Castle Coote, politician (died 1823)
9 December – Francis Rawdon, politician and military officer (died 1826 at sea)
Cornelius Heeney, merchant and politician in America (died 1848)
Patrick O'Kelly, poet and eccentric (died 1835)
Approximate date – Andrew Todd, fur trader in North America (died 1796)

^ ^a ^b Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
^ Scally, Barbara (2008). "Origins of the County of Meath Infirmary". Ríocht na Midhe. 19: 146–56.