1811 in Ireland
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Events from the year1811 in Ireland.
Events[edit]
- Kildare Place Society(formally, The Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in Ireland) founded as a non-denominational organisation by a group ofDublinphilanthropists.[1][2]
- The Missionary: An Indian Tale,a romance novela by Irish author Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan) is published.[3]
- 4 December –Royal NavyfrigateHMSSaldanha(1809)is driven in a gale onto rocks inLough Swillywith no survivors from the estimated 253 aboard.[4]
Arts and literature[edit]
- James Sheridan Knowles' playBrian Boroihme; or, The Maid of Erinis performed inBelfast.
Births[edit]
- 21 January –James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn,politician and twiceLord Lieutenant of Ireland(died1885).
- 10 March –Yankee Sullivan,bare knuckle fighter and boxer (died1856).
- 11 March – LadyKatherine Sophia Kanenée Baily, botanist (died1886).
- 11 November –John Egan,businessman and politician inOttawa(died1857).
- Full date unknown
- Patrick Murray,theologian (died1882).
Deaths[edit]
- Robert Brooke,soldier, Governor ofSt Helena(born1744).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967).The Course of Irish History.Cork: Mercier Press. p. 374.
- ^Corcoran, T., ed. (1916). "A.D. 1813: First Report of the Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor of Ireland (The 'Kildare Place Society')".State Policy in Irish Education, A.D. 1536 to 1816, exemplified in documents.Dublin: Fallon. pp. 203–7.Retrieved2012-08-01.
- ^Diane Long Hoeveler; Jeffrey Cass (1 January 2006). "Chapter 8".Interrogating Orientalism: Contextual Approaches and Pedagogical Practices.Ohio State University Press.ISBN978-0-8142-1032-1.
- ^Hepper, David J. (1994).British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859.Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot.ISBN0-948864-30-3.