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- 1 January - Maria EdgeworthMaria EdgeworthMaria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe...
, novelist (d.18491849 in Ireland-Events:* 12 July — Battle of Dolly's Brae: Up to 1400 armed Orangemen march from Rathfriland to Tollymore Park near Castlewellan, County Down. When 1000 armed Ribbonmen gather, shots are fired, Catholic homes are burnt and about eighty Catholics killed....
). - 14 March - Charles ArbuthnotCharles ArbuthnotCharles Arbuthnot was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Wellington...
, ToryToryToryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and member of the Privy CouncilPrivy Council of the United KingdomHer Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign in the United Kingdom...
(d.18501850 in Ireland-Events:* March 31 - The paddle steamer , bound from Cork to London, sinks in the English Channel with the loss of all 250 on board.* Crumlin Road Courthouse in Belfast is completed.-Births:...
). - 19 May - Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty, diplomatDiplomatA diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
, IrishKingdom of IrelandThe Kingdom of Ireland refers to the country of Ireland in the period between the proclamation of Henry VIII as King of Ireland by the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 and the Act of Union in 1800. It replaced the Lordship of Ireland, which had been created in 1171...
, and later BritishUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it....
, MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(d.18371837 in Ireland-Events:* Shaw's Bank merges with the Royal Bank of Ireland .* August - Following a very cold summer there is widespread failure of the potato crop, as in 1836, leading to famine later in the year.-Births:...
). - 31 August - Henry Joy McCrackenHenry Joy McCrackenHenry Joy McCracken was an Irish industrialist and a founding member of the Society of the United Irishmen.-History:...
, cottonCottonCotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
manufacturer and industrialist, Presbyterian and a founding member of the Society of the United IrishmenSociety of the United IrishmenThe Society of United Irishmen was founded as a liberal political organisation in eighteenth century Ireland that sought Parliamentary reform. However, it evolved into a revolutionary republican organisation, inspired by the American Revolution and allied with Revolutionary France...
(d.17981798 in Ireland-Events:* March - Great Britain's Irish militia arrest the leadership of the Society of United Irishmen marking the beginning of the 1798 Rebellion. * 19 May - Rebel leader Lord Edward FitzGerald is arrested in Dublin....
). - 21 November - Thomas RussellThomas Russell (rebel)Thomas Paliser Russell was a co-founder and leader of the United Irishmen was executed for his part in Robert Emmet's rebellion in 1803.-Background:...
, co-founder and leader of the United Irishmen, executed for his part in Robert Emmet'sRobert EmmetRobert Emmet was an Irish nationalist and Republican, orator and rebel leader born in Dublin, Ireland...
rebellion (d.18031803 in Ireland-Births:*2 March - Mary Frances Clarke, founder of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary .*29 April - Paul Cullen, Cardinal and Catholic Primate of Ireland .*1 May - James Clarence Mangan, poet ....
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- John MooreJohn Moore (Irish politician)John Moore was an Irish statesman and rebel leader.-Early life:From Ashbrook, near Straide, Co. Mayo, John Moore was the son of a prosperous merchant, George Moore. He was educated at the Catholic school of Douai, and at the University of Paris under the assumed name of "Bellew"...
, participant in Irish Rebellion of 1798Irish Rebellion of 1798The Irish Rebellion of 1798 , also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion , was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against British rule in Ireland...
, proclaimed President of the Government of the Province of Connaught (d.17991799 in Ireland-Births:*1799 Joseph M. Hawkins, Alamo Defender .*28 February - William Dargan, engineer and railway builder .*9 August - Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham, politician and peer .*12 August - Patrick MacDowell, sculptor .-Deaths:...
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Deaths
- 30 November - John Cole, 1st Baron MountflorenceJohn Cole, 1st Baron MountflorenceJohn Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence was an Irish peer and politician.Born in Dublin, he was the son of John Cole, Member of Parliament for Enniskillen...
, politician (b.17091709 in Ireland-Births:*13 October - John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence, politician .*Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby, Archbishop of Armagh and founder of the Armagh Observatory .-Deaths:...
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