1854 in Ireland

1854 in Ireland

Events

*Quarrel between Tenant League and Archbishop Cullen; League appeals to Rome.cite book | last=Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds)| year=1967 |title=The Course of Irish History | publisher=The Mercier Press | location=Cork, Ireland | pages=p 370]
*Catholic University of Ireland founded; John Henry Cardinal Newman first rector.

Births

*9 February - Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Irish Unionist leader, barrister and judge (d.1935).
*1 May - Percy French, civil engineer, songwriter, entertainer and artist (d.1920).
*16 October - Oscar Wilde, playwright, novelist, poet (d.1900).
*24 October - Horace Curzon Plunkett, politician, agricultural reformer and writer (d.1932).

Full date unknown

*Laurence Ginnell, nationalist, lawyer and politician, member of 1st Dáil (d.1923).
*Bowman Malcolm, railway engineer (d.1933).

Deaths

*5 March - Thomas Devin Reilly, revolutionary, Young Irelander and journalist (b.1823).
*6 March - Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, soldier, politician and nobleman (b.1778).
*8 August - Thomas Crofton Croker, antiquary (b.1798)
*19 October - Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley, politician (b.1775).
*31 December - Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, nobleman and Whig MP (b.1768).

Full date unknown

*Patrick O'Donoghue, journalist and Young Irelander.

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