1826 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1826 in Ireland.
Contents
Events
- 5 January - Irish currency assimilated to that of Great Britain under terms of the Currency Act 1825.[1]
- 12 July - In the United Kingdom General Election, four counties elect supporters of Catholic Emancipation.[2]
- The Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act is passed.[3]
- First life-boat stationed in Ireland by the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, at Arklow.[4]
Arts and literature
- October - Tyrone Power gets his break as a principal Irish character actor at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London.[5]
Births
- March - James P. Boyd, businessman and politician in Ontario (died 1890).
- March - John Farrell, soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry at the 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade (died 1865).
- 5 July - William Ford, businessman in America, father of Henry Ford (died 1905).
- 2 November - Henry John Stephen Smith, mathematician (died 1883).
- 14 November - Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, jurist, politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (died 1901).
Full date unknown
- Robert Cain, brewer and businessman (died 1907).
- Morgan Crofton, mathematician (died 1915).
- Denis Dempsey, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1896).
- Samuel Hill, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India, later killed in action (died 1863).
- Patrick McHale, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (died 1866).
- Richard Smyth, Presbyterian minister, academic and politician (died 1878).
- Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons, physician and politician (died 1886).
- Alexander Wright, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea (died 1858).
Deaths
- 9 October - Michael Kelly, actor, singer and composer (born 1762).
Full date unknown
- Judge Fulton, judge, surveyor, politician, and founder of the village of Bass River, Nova Scotia (born 1739).
References
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