1825 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1825 in Ireland.

Events[]

  • 9 March – the Unlawful Societies (Ireland) Act proscribes both the Catholic Association and the Orange Order.[1][2]
  • 27 June – the Excise Licences Act raises Irish excise licences to bring them in line with those of Great Britain.[1]
  • Foundation of the Provincial Bank of Ireland.
  • Portlaw in County Waterford is established as a model village by the Malcomson family, Quaker cotton mill owners.
  • Paddle steamers (Dasher and Arrow) first introduced on the Portpatrick to Donaghadee packet service.[3][4]
  • Over 1,800 Irish residents leave Cork to emigrate to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, in a scheme administered by Canadian trader and politician Peter Robinson.

Arts and literature[]

  • April – the first series of Tales by the O'Hara Family, by John and Michael Banim, is published.
  • May – the Royal Hibernian Academy holds its first exhibition of art in Dublin.
  • Thomas Crofton Croker publishes the first volumes of his Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland.[1]
  • Charles Maturin's novel Leixlip Castle is published posthumously.
  • William Hamilton Maxwell's military adventure novel O'Hara is published.
  • Sydney, Lady Morgan, publishes Absenteeism.

Births[]

  • 26 January – James Stephens, founding member of the Fenian Brotherhood movement (died 1901).
  • 13 April – D'Arcy McGee, journalist and politician in Canada (assassinated 1868).
  • 16 May
    • Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare, peer (died 1905).
    • John McGovern, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Delhi, India (died 1888).
  • 17 June – Richard Harte Keatinge, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 at Chundairee, India (died 1904).
  • 4 November – Frederick Dobson Middleton, British Army general and commander of the Canadian Militia in the North-West Rebellion (died 1898).
    Full date unknown
    • William Dowling, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (died 1887).
    • Myles O'Reilly, Catholic soldier and writer (died 1880).

Deaths[]

  • 6 February – John Connolly, second bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York (born 1750).
  • 22 August – Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore, politician (born 1756).
  • John Templeton, naturalist and botanist (born 1766).

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
  2. ^ "Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 2010-01-28.
  3. ^ "Portpatrick Harbour". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  4. ^ "To Portpatrick". Donaghadee Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
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