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Events
- Quarrel between Tenant League and Archbishop Cullen; League appeals to Rome. Events Great Industrial Exhibition held in Dublin Births 30 January - Leland Hone, cricketer Events January 5 The troopship Birkenhead boarded British Army recruits at Queenstown. Events Construction of MacNeill's Egyptian Arch, a railway bridge near Newry on the Dublin-Belfast railway line is completed Events Crumlin Road Courthouse in Belfast is completed Arts and literature Sport Births Events Queen's Bridge in Belfast is opened by Queen Victoria. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Events October - Charles Gavan Duffy, founder of the Tenant Right League, emigrates to Australia. Events Arts and literature Sport Births 14 February - Frank Harris, author editor journalist and publisher Events April - General election Arts and literature Sport Births 7 February - Events Arts and literature Sport Births 13 February - James Murray Irwin, British Army doctor (d Events Irish general election. The Irish Times is founded Ulster Hall, concert venue in Belfast Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year This is a list of years in Ireland. See also the Timeline of Irish history. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 [1]
- Catholic University of Ireland founded; John Henry Cardinal Newman first rector. The Catholic University of Ireland (Ollscoil Chaitliceach na hÉireann was a Catholic University in Dublin, Ireland and was founded Family John Henry Newman was born in London and was the eldest son of John Newman (d [1]
Births
- 9 February - Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Irish Unionist leader, barrister and judge (d. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Edward Henry Carson Baron Carson, PC, Kt, KC (often known as Sir Edward Carson or Lord Carson) ( Unionism in Ireland, is a belief in the desirability of a full constitutional and institutional relationship between Ireland and Great Britain based on the terms and A barrister is a Lawyer found in many Common law Jurisdictions that employ a split profession (as opposed to a Fused profession) in relation A judge, or justice, is an Official who presides over a Court of law 1935). Events January 3 - An Anglo-Irish Coal-Cattle Pact is signed between the governments of Britain and the Irish Free State.
- 1 May - Percy French, civil engineer, songwriter, entertainer and artist (d. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. (William Percy French (1 May 1854 &ndash 24 January 1920 was one of Ireland 's foremost songwriters and entertainers in his day 1920). Events 27 February - The text of the Home Rule Bill to be introduced in the British House of Commons is published
- 16 October - Oscar Wilde, playwright, novelist, poet (d. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of 1900). 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
- 24 October - Horace Curzon Plunkett, politician, agricultural reformer and writer (d. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett, ( 24 October 1854 – 26 March 1932) was an Anglo-Irish unionist, later Irish nationalist 1932). Events January 29 - Dáil Éireann is dissolved by the Governor-General, James McNeill.
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- Laurence Ginnell, nationalist, lawyer and politician, member of 1st Dáil (d. Laurence Ginnell (1854 &ndash 17 April 1923 was an Irish nationalist politician lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP in the House of Election result (Ireland only Members by constituency The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency of the MPs who agreed to be members of the First 1923). Events January 13 - Beechpark the residence of President W T Cosgrave in Dublin, is set on fire
- Bowman Malcolm, railway engineer (d. Bowman Malcom (1854-1933 was an Irish railway engineer He became Locomotive Superintendent of the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR at the age of 22 and later took on the additional 1933). Events 31 January - Start of rail strike disrupting the rail network
Deaths
- 6 March - Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, soldier, politician and nobleman (b. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of 1778). Events Public Library founded in Armagh by Richard Robinson 1st Baron Rokeby.
- 8 August - Thomas Crofton Croker, antiquary (b. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Thomas Crofton Croker, ( 15 January 1798 &ndash 8 August 1854) was an Irish antiquary born at Cork. 1798)
- 19 October - Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley, politician (b. See also 1797 in Ireland, other events of 1798, 1799 in Ireland ------> Events March - Great Britain 's Irish militia Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Henry Prittie 2nd Baron Dunalley ( 3 March 1775 - 19 October 1854) was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament. 1775). Events Henry Flood accepts a seat on the Privy Council of Ireland and becomes vice-treasurer
- 31 December - Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, nobleman and Whig MP (b. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Nathaniel Clements 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC ( May 9, 1768 – December 31, 1854) was an Irish nobleman The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to 1768). Events Births 7 May - Alexander Arbuthnot, Church of Ireland Bishop of Killaloe (d
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- Patrick O'Donoghue, journalist and Young Irelander. Patrick O'Donoghue (died 1854 also known as Patrick O'Donohoe from Clonegal, County Carlow, was an Irish Nationalist revolutionary and journalist
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