1834 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1834 in Ireland.
Events
- 17 December â the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway in Ireland, opens between Westland Row, Dublin, and Kingstown.
- 18 December â Tithe War: "Rathcormac massacre": At Gortroe, near Rathcormac, County Cork, armed Constabulary reinforced by the regular British Army kill at least nine and wound thirty protesters.[1][2]
- National Education Act provides for a national system of primary education, including Catholic children, taught in the English language.
- 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
- January 14 â William Cleaver Francis Robinson, Governor and Musical Composer (died 1897)
- March â Timothy Eaton, businessman in Canada, founder of Eaton's department store (died 1907).
- 15 July â John Horgan, politician and member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (died 1907).
- 1 August â William Murphy, evangelical Protestant preacher (died 1872).
- 4 September â Robert Montresor Rogers, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1860 at the Taku Forts, China (died 1895).
- 24 December â Charles W. Jones, lawyer and United States Senator in Florida (died 1897).
- Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, literary biographer, drama critic and sculptor (died 1925).
Deaths
- 6 January â Richard Martin, "Humanity Dick", politician and animal rights activist (born 1754).
- 4 June â Samuel Greg, entrepreneur and pioneer of the factory system at Quarry Bank Mill (born 1758).