Events from the year 1726 in Ireland. Quick Facts Centuries:, Decades: ... ← 1725 1724 1723 1722 1721 1726 in Ireland → 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 Centuries: 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s See also:Other events of 1726 List of years in IrelandClose Incumbent Monarch: George I Events October 27 – Rev. Dr. Caleb Threlkeld publishes Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum .....Dispositarum sive Commentatio de Plantis Indigenis praesertim Dublinensibus instituta in Dublin, the first flora of Ireland.[1] Arts and literature October 26 – Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels is published in London Births Eyre Coote April – Thomas Browne, 4th Viscount Kenmare, landowner and politician (d. 1795) May 20 – John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine, politician (d. 1794) Full date unknown Isaac Barré, soldier and politician (d. 1802) Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (d. 1807) Sir Eyre Coote, KB, soldier (d. 1783) Deaths May 20 – Nicholas Brady, Anglican divine and poet (b. 1659) Sean na Sagart, priest hunter in Penal Times (b. c1690) Bryan Townsend (Irish politician) References [1]Nelson, E. Charles (1978). "The Publication Date of the First Irish Flora, Caleb Threlkeld's Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum, 1726". Glasra. 2: 37–42. Archived from the original on 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2012-10-03. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.