May 15, 1753Isaac Corry, opposition politician, Volunteer, and Chancellor of the Exchequer is born in Newry, Co. Down
December 7, 1754Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, soldier and colonial administrator, is born in Dublin
August 21, 1754Birth of William Murdoch who pioneered the use of coal-gas lighting in, 1792 in partnership with James Watt and Mathew Boulton.
May 23, 1754Birth of Dr. William Drennan in Belfast; physician, poet, educationalist political radical
May 14, 1754St Andrews Society of Golfers constituted. In, 1834 it became the Royal and Ancient Golf Club
August 15, 1755Molesworth Phillips, sailor and companion of Captain James Cook, is born in Swords, Co. Dublin
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