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Events from the year1777 inIreland.

• Monarch:George III

• 25 January –John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, is sworn in asLord Lieutenant of Ireland.^[1]
• 19 February – theLangrishe Baronetcy, ofKnocktopher Abbey in the County ofKilkenny, is created in theBaronetage of Ireland forHercules Langrishe, Member of Parliament forKnocktopher in theIrish House of Commons.^[2]
• 29 May – thePalmer Baronetcy, of Castle Lackin in the County ofMayo, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Roger Palmer.^[3]
• Summer – thecode duello is adopted at theClonmelAssizes as the form for pistolduels by gentlemen in Ireland.
• Rev.Thomas Campbell publishes the first edition ofA Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland in a series of letters to John Watkinson, M.D. anonymously in London.
• TheTrinity College Dublin Zoological Museum is formed.

• 15 April – first performance ofJohn O'Keeffe's playThe Shamrock at theCrow Street Theatre in Dublin. The playwright moves to London this year.
• 8 May – first performance ofRichard Brinsley Sheridan'scomedy of mannersThe School for Scandal at theTheatre Royal, Drury Lane in London.^[4]

• 17 March –Patrick Brunty,Anglicanclergyman and father of theBrontë sisters (died 1861).
• 4 May –Richard Bourke, soldier andGovernor ofNew South Wales,Australia from 1831 to 1837 (died1855).
• 22 June –William Brown, creator and first admiral of theArgentine Navy (died1857).
• 12 August - Chichester Fortescue, who briefly served as an Irish Member of Parliament (died1826).

• 3 February –Hugh Kelly, dramatist and poet (born1739).
• 18 July –William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, peer and politician (born1700).

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