1804 in Ireland
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Events from the year1804 in Ireland.
Events[edit]
- 14 January –Richard Lovell Edgeworth'ssemaphore linebetween Dublin andGalwayis operational, but is out of use by the end of the year.[1]
- 11 February – the last armed rebel group of theSociety of United Irishmen,led byJames Corcoran,is betrayed and killed or captured byyeomennearEnniscorthy.[2]
- 4–5 March –Castle Hill convict rebellioninNew South Walesled by Irishconvicts in Australia.[3]
- April – first boat passes through theGrand Canalthroughout between theRiver LiffeyinDublinand theRiver Shannon.[4]
- 14 May –Cork Street Fever Hospital, Dublin,opens inCork Street, Dublin.
- FirstMartello Towererected in Ireland, atSutton, Dublin.[5]
Births[edit]
- Early February –James Bronterre O'Brien,Chartistleader,reformerandjournalist(died1864).
- 4 April –Andrew Nicholl,painter (died1886).
- 7 April –James Emerson Tennent,politician and traveller (died1869).
- 18 November –John George,politician, judge and in 1859Solicitor-General for Ireland(died1871).
- 25 December –Frederic Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown,peer (died1880).
- 26 December –Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet,Conservative PartyMPandLord Chancellor of Ireland(died1882).
- 31 December –Francis Sylvester Mahony,humorist and poet (a.k.a. Father Prout) (died1866).
Deaths[edit]
- February –James Corcoran,rebel leader (born c.1770).
- 27 July –Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim,politician (born1732).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Kirwan, Adrian James (2017). "R. L. Edgeworth and optical telegraphy in Ireland, c.1790–1805".Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.117C.Dublin: 209–35.
- ^O'Donnell, Ruan (2000).Aftermath: Post-Rebellion Insurgency in Wicklow, 1799–1803.ISBN0-7165-2638-7.
- ^Whitaker, Anne-Maree."Castle Hill convict rebellion 1804".Dictionary of Sydney.Retrieved2013-03-03.
- ^Delany, Ruth (1988).A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways.Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 87.ISBN0-86281-200-3.
- ^"History".Martello Tower Sutton.Archived fromthe originalon February 10, 2010.Retrieved2012-04-25.