Events from the year 1758 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Monarch: George II
Events
Summer – work begins on construction of what will become the Grand Canal near Dublin. 27 October – the ship Dublin Trader (Captain White) leaves Parkgate, Cheshire, for Dublin, and founders in the Irish Sea; she carries 70,000 Irish pounds in money and £80,000 in goods, while among the 60 passengers lost are Edward, fifth Earl of Drogheda, Theophilus Cibber (the English actor, bound for a season at the Smock Alley Theatre), and (probably) the mezzotint engraver Michael Ford. The agriculturalist Richard Geoghegan reclaims a large tract of land from the sea at Ballyconneely in County Galway. Mineral spring discovered at Lucan, Dublin.
Births
26 March – Samuel Greg, entrepreneur and pioneer of the factory system at Quarry Bank Mill (died 1834). December – Mary Leadbeater, writer (died 1826). Hans Blackwood, 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, politician (died 1839). Approximate date – Charles "Hindoo" Stuart, East India Company officer (died 1828 in India).
Deaths
October – Michael Ford, mezzotint engraver.