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Contents |
Events
- 13 January - Irish Confederation established.1
- February - Soup kitchens system established; famine at its height.1
- March - 400 people die in the Doolough Tragedy
- 15 May - Death of Daniel O'Connell.1
- June - Poor Law Amendment Act.1
- Potato crop free from blight, but inadequate due to small area sown.1
- December - John Mitchel breaks away from The Nation.1
Arts and literature
Sport
Births
- 31 May - William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, shipbuilder and businessman (d.1924).
- 17 June - Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken, civil servant, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India (d.1932).
- 15 July - J. J. Clancy, Member of Parliament, barrister and journalist (b.1928).
- 28 August - Norman Garstin, artist (d.1926).
- 9 October - John Coleman, United States Marine, recipient of Medal of Honor for his actions in 1871 during the Korean Expedition (d.1897).
- 8 November - Bram Stoker, writer and author of Dracula (d.1912).
- 10 November - Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, philanthropist and businessman (d.1927).
- 15 November - James O'Neill, actor, father of the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (d.1920).
- 12 December - John O'Kane Murray, physician and author (d.1885).
Full date unknown
- Michael Cusack, founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association (d.1906).
- Dennis Kearney, politician in America (d.1907).
Deaths
- 11 February - Andrew Clarke, soldier, Governor of Western Australia (b.1793).
- February - Michael John Brenan, priest and ecclesiastical historian (b.1780).
- April - Thomas Barnwall Martin, soldier, landowner and politician (b.1784).
- 15 May - Daniel O'Connell, politician, campaigner for Catholic Emancipation and Repeal of the Union (b.1775).
- 7 August - James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal, politician (b.1782).
- 10 September - Richard Henry Wilde, lawyer and Congressman in USA (b.1789).
- 14 September - Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet, soldier and politician (b.1782)2.
Full date unknown
- James Hope, United Irishmen leader who fought in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and 1803 rebellion (b.1764).