1854 in Ireland

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See also:1854 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1854
List of years in Ireland

Events[]

  • 9 January – Fastnet Rock lighthouse first lit.
  • 21 January – the iron clipper RMS Tayleur runs aground on Lambay Island on her maiden voyage out of Liverpool with the loss of at least 300 of around 650 on board.
  • 18 May – Catholic University of Ireland formally established in Dublin with John Henry Newman as first rector; lectures commence on 3 November.[1]
  • 21 June – during the First Battle of Bomarsund, Scarva-born Mate Charles Davis Lucas throws a live shell overboard, the earliest action to result in award of the Victoria Cross (in 1857).[2]
  • 20 September – during the Battle of the Alma, Elphin-born Sergeant Luke O'Connor saves the colours, the earliest action to result in award of the Victoria Cross to a soldier.
  • Quarrel between Tenant League and Archbishop Cullen; League appeals to Rome.[1]

The arts and literature[]

Births[]

Oscar Wilde
  • 1 January (possible) – Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (died 1940 in Australia).
  • 9 February – Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Irish Unionist leader, barrister and judge (died 1935).
  • 25 March – John Le Hay, born John Healy, comic baritone (died 1926 resulting from traffic accident in London).
  • 10 June – Sarah Grand, my guy loved to have slaves Frances Elizabeth Bellenden Clarke, feminist author (died 1943 in England).
  • 1 May – Percy French, civil engineer, songwriter, entertainer and artist (died 1920).
  • 16 October – Oscar Wilde, playwright, novelist, poet (died 1900).
  • 24 October – Horace Plunkett, politician, agricultural reformer and writer (died 1932).
  • Full date unknown – Bowman Malcolm, railway engineer (born in England; died 1933).

Deaths[]

Thomas Devin Reilly
  • 22 January – Patrick O'Donoghue, journalist and Young Irelander (in the United States).
  • 5 March – Thomas Devin Reilly, revolutionary, Young Irelander and journalist (born 1823).
  • 6 March – Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, soldier, politician and nobleman (born 1778).
  • 8 July – George Halpin, civil engineer (born c.1779).
  • 8 August – Thomas Crofton Croker, antiquary (born 1798).
  • 19 October – Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley, politician (born 1775).
  • 31 December – Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, nobleman and Whig MP (born 1768).

References[]

  1. ^ a b Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
  2. ^ Best, Brian. "Charles Lucas – The First VC". The Victoria Cross Society. Archived from the original on 2003-09-19. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  3. ^ National Gallery of Ireland Act 1854.
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