October 28, 1730The Danish East India Company ship, Golden Lyon, is stranded near Ballyheige, Co. Kerry
May 14, 1730Sir Edward Newenham, popular MP for County Dublin and strong advocate of the American colonists, is born
October 7, 1731A complaint is made to the House of Commons that Mr Anthony Tenison did, in a violent and notorious manner, assault John Bourke, Esq
September 2, 1731Birth of Sir Lucius OBrien, opposition politician, once described as a man who disagrees with the rest of mankind by thinking well of himself
June 25, 1731The Dublin Society for Improving Husbandry, (later to become the Royal Dublin Society on June 19, 1820), is founded on this date
June 4, 1731Allegedly, the date when the robbery of the Golden Lyons cargo takes place at Ballyheige Co. Kerry