1848 in Ireland
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Events from the year1848 in Ireland.
Events[edit]
- Ongoing –Great Famine:Potato blightreturns and outbreaks ofcholeraare reported.[1]
- Early – publication of the first complete parallel-text edition ofAnnals of the Four Mastersbegins in Dublin asAnnála Ríoghachta Éireann: Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616. Edited from MSS in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy and of Trinity College Dublin with a translation and copious notesbyJohn O'Donovan.
- February –John MitchelpublishesTheUnited Irishman,a weeklyIrish nationalistnewspaper.It is suppressed and Mitchel arrested and convicted under theTreason Felony Act 1848on 26 May and sentenced totransportationtoAustralia.[2][3]
- 7 March –Thomas Francis Meagherflies theIrish TricolourinWaterford,the first recorded usage of the flag which is now the national flag of the Republic of Ireland.
- 25 April –Andrew Grahamdiscoversasteroid9 Metisfrom politicianEdward Joshua Cooper's privateMarkree ObservatoryinCounty Sligo,the first (and until2008only) discovery from Ireland of aminor planet.
- 12 May –Waterford and Kilkenny Railwayopens betweenKilkennyandThomastown.[4]
- June – medical studentsKevin Izod O'DohertyandRichard D'Alton Williams,and chemistThomas Antisell,publish theIrish Tribune,a weekly Irish nationalist newspaper. It is suppressed after five issues and the editors arrested on 10 July. O'Doherty is convicted under the Treason Felony Act after a third trial on 30 October and sentenced to transportation to Australia; Williams is acquitted two days later.[5]
- July – famine victims onoutdoor reliefpeak this month at almost 840,000 people.[1]
- 22 July – Government suspendshabeas corpus,thusYoung Irelanderscan be imprisoned on proclamation without trial.
- 29 July –Young Irelander RebellionatBallingarryinCounty Tipperaryis broken up by theIrish Constabulary.[6]
- October – Patrick Kennedy (1823–1858) starts out fromCounty Wexfordtoemigrateto theUnited Stateswhere he will establish the politically significantKennedy family.
- Completion ofpalm housesatKew Gardens,London,and theNational Botanic Gardens,Glasnevin,byRichard TurnerofDublin.
- Origin, inGrafton Street,Dublin, of theBrown Thomasdepartment store chain.
Arts and literature[edit]
- Irish Academy of Musicfounded in Dublin.
- Cecil Frances Alexander'sHymns for Little Childrenpublished in aid of the Derry and Raphoe Diocesan Institution for the Deaf and Dumb,Strabane.
- Anthony Trollope's novelThe Kellys and the O'Kellys,written and set in Ireland, is published in London.
Births[edit]
- 3 January –Rose La Touche,muse ofJohn Ruskin(died1875).
- 18 February –Samuel Jacob Jackson,politician inCanada(died1942).
- 1 March –Augustus Saint-Gaudens,sculptor (died1907).
- 22 March –Sarah Purser,painter and stained-glass maker (died1943).
- 2 April –O'Moore Creagh,soldier, recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1879 atKam Dakka,Afghanistan(died1923).
- 5 May –John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer,lawyer and politician inCanada(died1914).
- 12 May –James E. Morin,merchant and politician inOntario.
- 11 June –Reginald Clare Hart,soldier, recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1879 in theBazar Valley,Afghanistan(died1931).
- 29 June –Paul Boyton,extreme water sports pioneer (died1924 in the United States).
- 28 July –James Cooney,lawyer andDemocraticpolitician inMissouri(died1904 in the United States).
- 10 August –William Harnett,painter (died1892).
- 14 August –Margaret Lindsay Huggins,astronomer (died 1915)
- 28 August –Francis O'Neill,Chicago police officer and collector ofIrish traditional music(died1936 in the United States).
- 4 September –George Edward Dobson,zoologist, photographer and army surgeon (died1895).
- 5 October –T. P. O'Connor,journalist andMember of Parliament(died1929).
Deaths[edit]
- 10 April –William Quarter,firstRoman Catholicbishop ofChicago(born1806).
- 3 May –Cornelius Heeney,merchant and politician in America (born1754).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abRoss, David (2002).Ireland: History of a Nation(New ed.). New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. p.313.ISBN1842051644.
- ^"John Mitchel 1815–1875, Revolutionary".Ireland's Eye.1999–2005.Retrieved2012-09-25.
- ^"John Mitchel (1815–1875)".Retrieved2012-09-25.
- ^"Irish railways"(PDF).Railscot.Archived(PDF)from the original on 2007-09-26.Retrieved2020-08-21.
- ^Boylan, Henry (1998).A Dictionary of Irish Biography(3rd ed.). Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.ISBN0-7171-2945-4.
- ^Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).The Chronology of British History.London: Century Ltd. pp. 269–270.ISBN0-7126-5616-2.