1834 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1834 in Ireland.
Events
- 17 December - The Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway in Ireland, opens between Westland Row, Dublin, and Kingstown.
- 18 December - Tithe War: "Rathcormac massacre": At Gortroe, County Cork, armed Constabulary reinforced by the regular British Army kill at least nine and wound thirty protesters.[1][2]
- St. Vincent's Hospital is set up at St Stephen's Green, Dublin, by Mary Aikenhead, staffed by the Religious Sisters of Charity.[3]
- Downshire Bridge ("The Cut") underpass is built in Banbridge, County Down, by contractor William Dargan.
Sport
Croquet
- Croquet is recorded as being played in Ireland (at Greenmount near Castlebellingham, County Louth) at about this date.[4]
Births
- March - Timothy Eaton, businessman in Canada, founder of Eaton's department store (died 1907).
- 15 July - John Horgan, politician and member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (died 1907).
- 1 August - William Murphy, evangelical Protestant preacher (died 1872).
- 4 September - Robert Montresor Rogers, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1860 at the Taku Forts, China (died 1895).
- 24 December - Charles W. Jones, lawyer and United States Senator in Florida (died 1897).
Deaths
- 6 January - Richard Martin, "Humanity Dick", politician and animal rights activist (born 1754).
- 4 June - Samuel Greg, entrepreneur and pioneer of the factory system at Quarry Bank Mill (born 1758).
References
- ^ "The Rathcormac Inquest", House of Commons Debates, vol. 26, pp. 523–4, 3 March 1835, retrieved 2012-10-17
- ^ Rathcormac Tithe Commemoration Committee (1984). A souvenir programme commemorating the Rathmore-Gortroe massacre which took place during the Tithe War on the 18 December, 1834.
- ^ Meenan, F. O. C. (1995). St Vincent's Hospital 1834-1994. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-2151-8.
- ^ Martin, Clive; Williams, Simon (2004). "A Brief history of Croquet in Ireland". Croquet Association of Ireland. Retrieved 2013-01-09.