May 7, 1716John Medcalf, previously dismissed as Church of Ireland curate of Powerscourt for conducting clandestine marriages, is excommunicated
November 3, 1717Henry Luttrell, soldier and suspected betrayer of the Jacobites, is assassinated in Dublin
April 26, 1718Thomas St Lawrence, 13th Baron of Howth, receives payment for the expense he incurs in building a quay at Howth
August 10, 1719The House of Commons proposes that all unregistered priests in Ireland should be branded on the cheek