1826 in Ireland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Events from the year 1826 in Ireland.
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).
- John Farrell, soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry at the 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade (died 1865).
- 13 August – Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons, physician and politician (died 1886).
- 4 October – Richard Smyth, Presbyterian minister, academic and politician (died 1878).
- 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).
- John Lucas, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1861 in New Zealand (died 1892).
- Patrick McHale, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (died 1866).
- Alexander Wright, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea (died 1858).
Deaths
- 27 June – Mary Leadbeater, writer (born 1758).
- 25 September – Judge Fulton, judge, surveyor, politician, and founder of the village of Bass River, Nova Scotia (born 1739).
- 9 October – Michael Kelly, actor, singer and composer (born 1762).