1822 in Ireland
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Events from the year1822 in Ireland.
Events[edit]
- 22 April – TheAlbion,aBlack Ball Line trans-Atlantic packet,is driven ashore atOld Head of Kinsalewith the loss of 46 of the 54 aboard.[1][2]
- 7 June –The Constitution; or, Cork Morning Postbegins publication.
- 19 July –Percy Jocelyn,AnglicanBishop of Clogher,is caught in a compromising position with a young Grenadier Guardsman at apublic housein London. He breaks bail and flees England. In October, an Irish ecclesiastical court deprives him of office.[3]
- 21 September – HMSConfiance,aRoyal NavyCruizer-class brig-sloopof 1813, is wrecked betweenMizen Headand Three Castles Head nearCrookhavenwith the loss of all 100 aboard.[4]
- Publicgas lightinginBelfast.[5]
- Mary Leadbeater'sCottage Biography, being a Collection of Lives of the Irish Peasantryis published.
Births[edit]
- 16 February –James Thomson,engineerandphysicist(died1892).
- 21 February –Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo,statesman, three timesChief Secretary for Ireland,Viceroy of India(assassinated1872in the Andaman Islands).
- 31 August –Timothy Anglin,politician in Canada andSpeaker of the House of Commons of Canada(died1896).
- September –Denis Dynon,soldier, recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1857 atChota Behar,India (died1863).
- 2 October –James Pearson,soldier, recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1858 atJhansi,India (died1900).
- 11 October –Alexander John Arbuthnot,British official in India and writer (died1907).
- November –John Divane,soldier, recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1857 atDelhi,India (died1888).
- 4 December –Frances Power Cobbe,social reformer, feminist theorist, pioneer animal rights activist and writer (died1904).
- 11 December –John Nicholson,military hero in India (died1857).
- Full date unknown
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- James Byrne,soldier, recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1858 atJhansi,India (died1872).
- Maxwell Henry Close,geologist (died1903).
- Joseph Philip Ronayne,civil engineer (died1876).
Deaths[edit]
- 15 February –Pierce Butler,soldier, planter, statesman, one of United States'Founding Fathers,representedSouth Carolinain theContinental Congressand theU.S. Senate(born1744).
- 25 March –Robert Blake,dentist, first State Dentist ofDublin(born1772).
- 12 August –Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh,politician,represented theUnited Kingdomat theCongress of Vienna(born1769).
- John Bowden,ecclesiastical architect.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"Ship News".The Morning Chronicle.No. 16544. London. 1822-04-27.
- ^"Shipwreck Of The Albion Packet".The Times.No. 11668. London. 1822-10-12. p. 3.
- ^Geoghegan, Patrick M. (October 2009)."Jocelyn, Percy".Dictionary of Irish Biography.Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.Retrieved2024-03-16.
- ^Gossett, William Patrick (1986).The Lost Ships of the Royal Navy, 1793–1900.London: Mansell. p. 100.ISBN0-7201-1816-6.
- ^McCabe, Colum (Spring 1992). "History of the Town Gas Industry in Ireland 1823-1980".Dublin Historical Record.45(1). Old Dublin Society: 28–40.JSTOR30100966.