Births

• 7 May - Alexander Arbuthnot
  Alexander Arbuthnot (bishop)
  Alexander Arbuthnot was Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora in the then-established Church of Ireland.He was born in Rockfleet Castle, County Mayo, Ireland, on 7 May 1768, the son of John Arbuthnot of Rockfleet. Among his siblings were the Right Honourable Charles Arbuthnot and General Sir Thomas...
  
  , Church of Ireland
  Church of Ireland
  The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...
  
   Bishop of Killaloe (d.1828
  1828 in Ireland
  -Events:*In the election in County Clare, Daniel O'Connell wins the seat, with the Catholic Association.*Belfast Botanic Gardens opens as the private Royal Belfast Botanical Gardens.-Births:...
  
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• 9 May - Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim
  Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim
  Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC , styled The Honourable from 1783 to 1795, and then Viscount Clements to 1804, was an Irish nobleman and politician....
  
  , nobleman and Whig
  British Whig Party
  The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
  
   MP (d.1854
  1854 in Ireland
  -Events:*18 May - Catholic University of Ireland formally established in Dublin with John Henry Newman as first rector; lectures commemce on 3 November.*Quarrel between Tenant League and Archbishop Cullen; League appeals to Rome....
  
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• Edward Donovan
  Edward Donovan
  Edward Donovan was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist.-Biography:Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration...
  
  , writer, traveller and amateur zoologist (d.1837
  1837 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:...
  
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