Events from the year 1738 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George II Events Roxborough Castle in Moy, County Tyrone, built by James Caulfeild, 4th Viscount Charlemont. Rev. Samuel Madden publishes Reflections and Resolutions Proper for the Gentlemen of Ireland, as to their Conduct for the Service of their Country, as Landlords, as Masters of Families, as Protestants, as Descended from British Ancestors, as Country Gentlemen and Farmers, as Justices of the Peace, as Merchants, as Members of Parliament. Births December 2 – Richard Montgomery, soldier, major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War (d. 1775) Deaths March 25 – Turlough O'Carolan, blind, itinerant harpist, sometimes styled "The Last of the Bards" (b. 1670) October 10 – Thomas Sheridan (b. 1687), an Anglican divine, essayist, playwright, poet, schoolmaster and translator Undated Benjamin Hawkshaw, Irish Anglican divine References Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland 1730s in Ireland