1860 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1860 in Ireland.
Events
- 25 February - £11,000 collected at church doors in Dublin to finance the Pope's defence against Italian nationalists. £80,000 collected nationwide. The equivalent of several millions in today's Euros.[1]
- Deasy's Land Act,[2] intended to reform tenants' rights.
- Construction begins on the Roman Catholic church that will become St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast.
- The Catholic Ballaghaderreen Cathedral is completed.
- 11 November - Kildare Street Club, Dublin, destroyed by fire.
- 21–23 November - The Partry evictions, County Mayo. Sixty eight families turned out of their houses by Thomas Plunket, Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam.[3]
Arts and literature
- 27 March - The melodrama The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of Garryowen, written by and starring Dion Boucicault, is first performed at Miss Laura Keene's theatre, New York.[4]
- Dr. George Sigerson's The Poets and Poetry of Munster is published.
- Anthony Trollope's novel Castle Richmond, set during the Great Famine, is completed and published in England.[5]
Births
- 1 January - John Cassidy, sculptor and painter (died 1939).
- 17 January - Douglas Hyde, member of the Seanad in 1922 and 1938; first President of Ireland and Gaelic scholar (died 1949).
- 26 April - Gerald Carew, 5th Baron Carew (died 1927).[6]
- 15 June - Robert Carew, 3rd Baron Carew (died 1923).[7]
- 25 June - John Danaher, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1881 near Pretoria, South Africa (died 1919).
- 8 December - Amanda McKittrick Ros, novelist and poet (died 1939).
Full date unknown
- Patrick S. Dinneen, lexicographer and historian (died 1934)
- Sidney Royse Lysaght, writer (died 1941)
- Thomas Preston, scientist (died 1900)
- Ada Rehan, actress (died 1916)
Deaths
- 12 February - William Francis Patrick Napier, soldier and military historian (born 1785).
- 17 March - Anna Brownell Jameson, writer (born 1794).
- 23 October - Peter Boyle de Blaquière, politician in Canada and first chancellor of the University of Toronto (born 1783).
- 24 November - George Croly, poet, novelist, historian and divine (born 1780)[8]
References
- ^ Doherty & Hickey, J.E.:D.J. (1989). A Chronology of Irish History since 1500. Dublin: Gill And Macmillan. p. 138. ISBN 0-7171-1634-4.
- ^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 377.
- ^ Doherty;Hickey, J.E;D.J (1989). A Chronology of Irish History since 1500. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. p. 138. ISBN 0-7171-1634-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Parkin, Andrew, ed. (1987). Selected Plays - Dion Boucicault. Guernsey Press Co. p. 192.
- ^ Mullen, Richard (1996). The Penguin Companion to Trollope. London: Penguin Books.
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "thePeerage". thepeerage.com.[unreliable source]
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "thePeerage". thepeerage.com.[unreliable source]
- ^ Chambers' Book of Days