1876 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1876 in Ireland.
Events
- 1 April - Great Northern Railway (Ireland) formed by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway, Northern Railway of Ireland and the Ulster Railway.[1]
Arts and literature
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Births
- 5 January - Lucien Bull, pioneer in chronophotography (died 1972).
- 21 January
- James Larkin, trade union leader, socialist and Irish Labour Party TD (died 1947).
- James Charles Brady, Canadian politician
- 25 February - Philip Graves, journalist and writer (died 1953).
- 11 April - Paul Henry, artist (died 1958).
- 3 August - Sep Lambert, cricketer (died 1959).
Full date unknown
- George Townshend, writer, former clergyman and Bahá'í (died 1957).
- Frederick James Walker, motor cycle racer, killed at 1914 Isle of Man TT races (died 1914).
- Gladys Wynne, artist (died 1968).
Deaths
- 15 February - Daniel Pollen, politician, ninth Premier of New Zealand (born 1813).
- 19 April - William Wilde, surgeon, author and father of Oscar Wilde (born 1815).
- 7 May - Joseph Philip Ronayne, civil engineer (born 1822).
- 16 June - Sir Henry Thomas, police magistrate in London (born 1807).
- 25 June - Myles Keogh, officer in American Civil War, later in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment, killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (born 1840).
- 14 July - James Henry, physician, classical scholar and poet (born 1798).
References
- ^ Patterson, Edward M. (1962). The Great Northern Railway of Ireland. Oakwood Press.