1808 in Ireland
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Events
- 2 February - Daniel DelanyDaniel DelanyDaniel Delany was the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. He was born on the first of two sons into a farming family in January 1747...
, Bishop of Kildare and LeighlinBishop of Kildare and LeighlinThe Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, one of the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Dublin. The episcopal title takes its name from the towns of Kildare and Old Leighlin in the province of Leinster, Ireland.The see is...
, founds the Patrician BrothersPatrician BrothersThe Patrician Brothers, or Brothers of Saint Patrick, are a Roman Catholic congregation for the religious and literary education of youth and the instruction of the faithful in Christian piety.-History:This Brotherhood was founded by the Right Rev. Dr...
. - 15 August - Seven men, including Edmund RiceEdmund Ignatius RiceBlessed Edmund Ignatius Rice , was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. Edmund was the founder of two orders of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers....
, take religious promises under Bishop John Power of WaterfordWaterfordWaterford is a city in the South-East Region of Ireland. It is the oldest city in the country and fifth largest by population. Waterford City Council is the local government authority for the city and its immediate hinterland...
as the Presentation BrothersPresentation BrothersThe Congregation of Presentation Brothers is an international Catholic congregation of laymen founded in 1802 in Waterford, Ireland, by a local businessman, Edmund Ignatius Rice, now Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice....
. - 21 October - Nelson's PillarNelson's PillarThe Nelson Pillar , known locally as Nelson's Pillar or simply The Pillar, was a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Horatio Nelson in the middle of O'Connell Street, Dublin...
in Dublin is completed.
Births
- 15 May - Michael William BalfeMichael William BalfeMichael William Balfe was an Irish composer, best-remembered for his opera The Bohemian Girl.After a short career as a violinist, Balfe pursued an operatic singing career, while he began to compose. In a career spanning more than 40 years, he composed 38 operas, almost 250 songs and other works...
, composer (d.18701870 in Ireland-Events:* 19 May — The Home Government Association is established by Isaac Butt to argue for devolution for Ireland and repeal of the Act of Union.*The building of Belfast Castle is completed, to a design by Charles Lanyon and his son....
). - Joseph Francis OlliffeJoseph Francis OlliffeSir Joseph Francis Olliffe, MA, MD, FRCP was an Irish-born British physician.-Early life:Sir Joseph Olliffe was born in 1808 in Cork, Ireland. His father was Joseph Francis Olliffe , a merchant of Cork...
, physician (d.18691869 in Ireland-Events:The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland passes the Irish Church Act 1869.-Births:*16 March - Peter Maher, boxer .*27 March - James McNeill, politician and second Governor-General of the Irish Free State ....
).
Deaths
- 10 February - Hugh Douglas Hamilton, artist (b. c1734).
- 30 September - Peter RussellPeter Russell (politician)Peter Russell was a gambler, government official, politician and judge in Upper Canada.-Early life:...
, gambler, government official, politician and judge in Upper CanadaUpper CanadaThe Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
(b.17331733 in Ireland-Births:*11 June - Peter Russell, gambler, government official, politician and judge in Upper Canada .*1 August - Richard Kirwan, scientist .-Deaths:*Séamas Dall Mac Cuarta, poet.*Edward Lovett Pearce, architect ....
).