Events from the year 1781 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George III Events 8 August – construction of The Custom House, Dublin, to the design of James Gandon, begins.
Arts and literature First annual Granard harp festival.
Births 6 February – John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, British Army Lieutenant-General (died 1844). 25 December? – Sydney Owenson, novelist (died 1859). William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor, painter (died 1850).
Deaths 26 September – Andrew Lewis, pioneer and surveyor, soldier from Virginia (born 1720).
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