1860 in Ireland
Encyclopedia
Events
- Deasy's Land Act, intended to reform tenants' rights.
- Construction began on St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast.
- 11 November: Kildare Street ClubKildare Street ClubThe Kildare Street Club was a gentlemen's club in Dublin, Ireland, at the heart of the Anglo-Irish Protestant Ascendancy.The Club remained in Kildare Street between 1782 and 1977, when it merged with the Dublin University Club...
, Dublin, destroyed by fire.
Births
- 1 January - John CassidyJohn Cassidy (artist)John Cassidy , Irish sculptor and painter, was born in Littlewood Commons, Slane, County Meath. He moved to Dublin at the age of 20 to find work. In Dublin he attended art classes at night and won a scholarship to study in Milan, Italy...
, sculptor and painter (d.19391939 in Ireland-Events:*January 11 - The INTO Congress in Galway calls on the government to abolish the ban on married women teachers.*February 12 - The Department of External Affairs announces that it recognises the government of General Francisco Franco....
). - 17 January - Douglas HydeDouglas HydeDouglas Hyde , known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn , was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945...
, member of the Seanad in 1922 and 1938; first President of IrelandPresident of IrelandThe President of Ireland is the head of state of Ireland. The President is usually directly elected by the people for seven years, and can be elected for a maximum of two terms. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain limited powers with absolute...
and Gaelic scholar (d.19491949 in Ireland-Events:* March 22 — The Irish Government leases a residence in the Phoenix Park to the United States government for a period of 99 years. It will be the residence of the U.S. ambassador.* April 17 — At midnight 26 counties officially leave the British Commonwealth...
). - 26 April - Gerald Carew, 5th Baron CarewGerald Carew, 5th Baron CarewGerald Shapland Carew, 5th Baron Carew He was the son of Shapland Francis Carew, younger son of Sir Robert Shapland Carew, 1st Baron Carew, and his wife Lady Hester Georgiana Browne, daughter of Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo in 1858. He married Catherine Conolly, daughter of Thomas...
(d.19271927 in Ireland-Events:*April 6 - Dan Breen proposes a Bill in the Dáil that Article 17 of the Irish Free State Constitution be removed. President W. T. Cosgrave opposes the removal of the Oath of Allegiance....
). - 15 June - Robert Carew, 3rd Baron CarewRobert Carew, 3rd Baron CarewRobert Shapland George Julian Carew, 3rd Baron Carew KP DL was an Anglo-Irish nobleman.He was born in Dublin, the elder son of Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew and his wife Emily Anne Philips, daughter of Sir George Richard Philips, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge...
(d.19231923 in Ireland-Events:*January 13 - Beechpark, the residence of President W. T. Cosgrave in Dublin, is set on fire.*January 10 - An order is signed creating the Revenue Commissioners....
). - 25 June - John DanaherJohn DanaherJohn Danaher VC also known as John Danagher was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Early life:Born in Limerick, Ireland, Danaher moved to South Africa...
, soldier, recipient of the Victoria CrossVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
for gallantry in 1881 near PretoriaPretoriaPretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
(d.19191919 in Ireland-Events:*21 January - Dáil Éireann meets for the very first time in the Round Room of the Mansion House, Dublin. An independent Irish Republic is declared. In the first shots of the Anglo-Irish War, two Royal Irish Constabulary men are killed in Tipperary....
). - 8 December - Amanda McKittrick Ros, novelist and poet (d.19391939 in Northern Ireland-Events:*17 April - The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Lord Craigavon, dismisses the Dublin government's position of neutrality as cowardly.*4 May - The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland announces that conscription will not be extended to Northern Ireland....
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Full date unknown
- Patrick S. DinneenPatrick S. DinneenPatrick Stephen Dinneen was an Irish lexicographer and historian.Dinneen was born near Rathmore, County Kerry. He was educated at Shrone and Meentogues National Schools and at St. Brendan's College in Killarney...
, lexicographer and historian (d.19341934 in Ireland-Events:*January 12 - Republican Press Ltd. takes a High Court action against the Garda Síochána over the seizure of the An Phoblacht newspaper.*January 20 - The funeral of the veteran nationalist Member of Parliament, Joseph Devlin, takes place in Belfast....
) - Sidney Royse LysaghtSidney Royse LysaghtSidney Royse Lysaght was an Irish writer, who worked in the iron industry. He was born in Cork.He visited Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa, in 1894...
, writer (d.19411941 in Ireland-Events:*January 2 - Three Carlow women are killed in a night of bombing in parts of Leinster.*January 13 - The poet and novelist James Joyce dies in Switzerland.*January 24 - Part of the old State Chambers in Dublin Castle are destroyed by fire....
) - Thomas PrestonThomas Preston (scientist)Thomas Preston was an Irish scientist whose research was concerned with heat, magnetism, and spectroscopy. He established empirical rules for the analysis of spectral lines, which remain associated with his name...
, scientist (d.19001900 in Ireland-Events:*January 16 — Three lion cubs reared by an Irish red setter go on view at Dublin Zoo.*January 17 — The different sections of the Nationalist Party meet in the Dublin Mansion House's Oak Room to promote national unity....
) - Ada RehanAda RehanAda Rehan was an American actress.-Biography:She was born as Ada Crehan in County Limerick, Ireland, and brought to the United States at about the age of six years....
, actress (d.19161916 in Ireland-Events:*January 14 - Michael Collins quits his job in London and returns to Ireland.*February 14 - John Redmond is re-elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Dublin.*February 29 - The week long Derry Feis opens in the city....
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Deaths
- 12 February - William Francis Patrick NapierWilliam Francis Patrick NapierGeneral Sir William Francis Patrick Napier KCB , Irish soldier in the British Army and military historian, third son of Colonel George Napier was born at Celbridge, near Dublin.-Military service:...
, soldier and military historian (b.17851785 in Ireland-Events:* Richard Crosbie successfully flies in a hot air balloon from Ranelagh Gardens to Clontarf.-Births:*24 June – Alexander Porter, United States Senator for Louisiana ....
). - 17 March - Anna Brownell JamesonAnna Brownell JamesonAnna Brownell Jameson was a British writer.-Biography:Jameson was born in Dublin.Her father, Denis Brownell Murphy , was a miniature and enamel painter...
, writer (b.17941794 in Ireland-Events:*4 May - Dublin Society of United Irishmen suppressed.*Establishment of Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills.-Births:*9 January - Mother Frances Mary Teresa Ball, founder of Irish Branch of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Loreto schools ....
). - 23 October - Peter Boyle de BlaquièrePeter Boyle de BlaquièrePeter Boyle de Blaquière was a political figure in Upper Canada and the first chancellor of the University of Toronto....
, politician in CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and first chancellor of the University of TorontoUniversity of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
(b.17831783 in Ireland-Events:* 17 April - The Renunciation Act, is passed by Westminster. It acknowledges the exclusive right of the Parliament of Ireland to legislate for Ireland.* Full date unknown - First Waterford Crystal glassmaking business established.-Births:...
). - 24 November - George CrolyGeorge CrolyGeorge Croly was a poet, novelist, historian, and divine. He was born at Dublin, his father was a physician. Graduated from Trinity College, Dublin with an MA in 1804 and LLD in 1831. Croly married Margaret Helen Begbie in 1819.-Service:After becoming ordained in 1804, he first labored in Ireland...
, poet, novelist, historian and divine (b.17801780 in Ireland-Births:*January - William Henry Fitton, geologist .*13 April - Alexander Mitchell, engineer and inventor of the screw-pile lighthouse .*17 August - George Croly, poet, novelist, historian and divine ....
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