1813 in Ireland

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Events from the year1813 in Ireland.

Events

• 26 July – Battle ofGarvagh,County Londonderry:Four hundred CatholicRibbonmenattempt to destroy a tavern in Garvagh where theOrange Lodgemeet and are repelled by Protestants with muskets.This was commemorated in the song "The Battle of Garvagh".
• 10 September – the largestmeteoriteever to fall on theBritish Isleslands atAdare,County Limerick.Now held in theLimerick Museum

Arts and literature

• "Poetical AttemptsbyHugh Porter,aCounty of Downweaver"published inBelfast.
• The Patron, or The Festival of Saint Kevin at the Seven Churches, Glendaloughpainted by Joseph Peacock.

Births

• 6 January –Charles Lanyon,architect (born in England; died1889).
• 3 February –Thomas Mellon,entrepreneur,lawyer,andjudgefounder ofMellon Bank(died1908).
• 2 June –Daniel Pollen,politician, ninthPremier of New Zealand(died1876).
• 7 June –Sir Thomas Burke, 3rd Baronet,landowner and politician (died1875).
• 6 September –Isaac Butt,Irish Conservative PartyMP and founder of theHome Rule League(died1879).
• 10 November –Patrick Duggan,Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert(died1896).
• 14 November –Benjamin Lett,bomber and arsonist in America and Canada (died1858).
• 19 December –Thomas Andrews,chemistandphysicist(died1885).
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  • Margaret Haughery,baker and philanthropist inNew Orleans(died1882).
  • John Skipton Mulvany,architect (died1870).

Deaths

• 28 May –Edmund Garvey,painter (born1740).
• 18 August –Friedrich Bridgetower,composer and cellist, brother ofGeorge Bridgetower,in Newry.
• Autumn –Henrietta Battier,poet, satirist and actress (born c.1751).

See also

• 1813 in Scotland
• 1813 in Wales