1796 in Ireland
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Events
- 1 February - Theobald Wolfe ToneTheobald Wolfe ToneTheobald Wolfe Tone or Wolfe Tone , was a leading Irish revolutionary figure and one of the founding members of the United Irishmen and is regarded as the father of Irish Republicanism. He was captured by British forces at Lough Swilly in Donegal and taken prisoner...
arrives in France. - 12 July - First OrangeOrange InstitutionThe Orange Institution is a Protestant fraternal organisation based mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland, though it has lodges throughout the Commonwealth and United States. The Institution was founded in 1796 near the village of Loughgall in County Armagh, Ireland...
parade held to commemorate the Battle of the BoyneBattle of the BoyneThe Battle of the Boyne was fought in 1690 between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish and Irish thronesthe Catholic King James and the Protestant King William across the River Boyne near Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland...
. - Yeomanry Corp formed; Insurrection Act.
- 15 December - French expedition (43 ships and 14,000 men) sailed from BrestBrest, FranceBrest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
. - 22 December - French fleet, with Wolfe Tone on board, arrives in Bantry Bay, but unable to land.
Births
- April - Abraham BrewsterAbraham BrewsterAbraham Brewster PC was an Irish judge and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.-Background and education:Brewster was born at Ballinulta, the son of William Bagenal Brewster, of Ballinulta, County Wicklow, by his wife Mary, daughter of Thomas Bates...
, judge and Lord Chancellor of IrelandLord Chancellor of IrelandThe office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801 it was also the highest political office of the Irish Parliament.-13th century:...
(d.18741874 in Ireland-Events:*February — General election in which 59 professing Home Rulers were returned.*Queen Victoria creates her third eldest son, The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, after the province of Connaught.-January to June:...
). - 27 November - Richard MayneRichard MayneSir Richard Mayne KCB was a barrister and the joint first Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London Metropolitan Police...
, barrister and joint first Commissioner of Police of the MetropolisCommissioner of Police of the MetropolisThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is the head of London's Metropolitan Police Service, classing the holder as a chief police officer...
, head of the London Metropolitan PoliceMetropolitan Police ServiceThe Metropolitan Police Service is the territorial police force responsible for Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London which is the responsibility of the City of London Police...
(1829–1868) (d.18681868 in Ireland-Events:*26 May - Michael Barrett, member of the Fenians, publicly executed outside the walls of Newgate Prison, for his part in the Clerkenwell bombing of 1867.-Births:*2 February - Frederic Trench, 3rd Baron Ashtown, peer ....
). - 3 December - Francis KenrickFrancis KenrickFrancis Patrick Kenrick was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the third Bishop of Philadelphia and the sixth Archbishop of Baltimore .-Early life and education:...
, headed the Diocese of PhiladelphiaRoman Catholic Archdiocese of PhiladelphiaThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. It covers the City and County of Philadelphia as well as Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. The diocese was...
, then was Archbishop of Baltimore (d.18631863 in Ireland-Events:*The Ulster Railway, which began construction in 1839, reaches Clones.*28 November - First edition of The Irish People.-Births:*1 February - George Carew, 4th Baron Carew ....
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- Michael BanimMichael Banim-Works:He assisted John in the O'Hara Tales, where he used the name "Abel O'Hara," and there is difficulty in allocating their respective contributions. While John was the more experienced writer, Michael provided material based on his social observations...
, writer (d.18741874 in Ireland-Events:*February — General election in which 59 professing Home Rulers were returned.*Queen Victoria creates her third eldest son, The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, after the province of Connaught.-January to June:...
). - George Crawford HyndmanGeorge Crawford HyndmanGeorge Crawford Hyndman was an Irish auctioneer and amateur biologistHyndman from Belfast was mainly interested in marine zoology and marine botany...
, auctioneer and amateur biologist (d.18671867 in Ireland-Events:*11 February – Abortive Fenian attempt to seize Chester Castle.*5 March – Fenian rising in County Dublin, County Cork, County Limerick, County Tipperary and County Clare....
). - John Pitt KennedyJohn Pitt KennedyLieutenant-Colonel John Pitt Kennedy was a British military engineer, agricultural reformer and civil servant.Kennedy was born at Carndonagh, County Donegal, Ireland and was educated at Foyle College, Derry, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, becoming lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in...
, British military engineer, agricultural reformer and civil servant (d.18791879 in Ireland-Events:*20 April - First of many "monster meetings" of tenant farmers held in Irishtown near Claremorris, County Mayo.*8 June - Charles Stewart Parnell at Westport, County Mayo meeting.*16 August - Land League of Mayo founded at Castlebar....
). - Jones QuainJones QuainJones Quain was an anatomist, born at Mallow, Ireland. Quain was professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the University of London. He was author of Elements of Anatomy, of which the first edition was published in 1828.-Biography :...
, anatomist (d.18651865 in Ireland-Events:*Work begins on the building of the Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast, as a memorial to Queen Victoria's late Prince Consort, Prince Albert.-Births:*6 February — Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, astronomer ....
). - Michael Joseph QuinMichael Joseph QuinMichael Joseph Quin was an Irish author, traveller, journalist and editor. He is known as the originator of the Dublin Review.-Life:...
, author, journalist and editor (d.18431843 in Ireland-Events:*January - Daniel O'Connell proclaims 1843 as the "Repeal Year".*31 January - Queen's Bridge in Belfast opens.*21 February - Repeal debate in Dublin Corporation....
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