1836 in Ireland
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Events
- February, foundation of the Ulster BankUlster BankUlster Bank is a large commercial bank, one of the Big Four in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The Ulster Bank Group is subdivided into two separate legal entities, Ulster Bank Limited and Ulster Bank Ireland Limited...
in Belfast - Foundation of the Royal Bank of Ireland see Allied Irish BanksAllied Irish BanksAllied Irish Banks p.l.c. is a major commercial bank based in Ireland.AIB is one of the so called "big four" commercial banks in the state. The bank has one of the largest branch networks in Ireland; only Bank of Ireland fully rivals it. AIB offers a full range of personal and corporate banking...
. - August following one of the coldest summers in over fifty years there is widespread failure of the potato crop.
Births
- 17 January - William MacCormacWilliam MacCormacSir William MacCormac, 1st Baronet KCB KCVO , was a British surgeon.-Early life and education:He was born at Belfast, the son of Dr Henry MacCormac....
, surgeon (d.19011901 in Ireland-Events:*January 1 — The centenary of the Act of Union is celebrated by British forces in Ireland.*January 3 — Despite some opposition Drogheda Corporation votes to confer the freedom of the town on President Kruger of the Boers....
). - May - Thomas Lane, recipient of the Victoria CrossVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
for gallantry in 1860 at the Taku FortsTaku FortsThe Dagu Forts , also called the Peiho Forts are forts located by the Hai River estuary, in Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, in northeastern China. They are located 60 km southeast of the Tianjin urban center.-History:The first fort was built during the reign of the Ming Jiajing...
, China (d.18891889 in Ireland-Events:*June — Edward Carson becomes the youngest QC in Ireland .*16 July — Ballymena and Larne Railway taken over by Belfast and Northern Counties Railway....
). - 10 October - Dalton McCarthyDalton McCarthyDalton McCarthy , or D'Alton McCarthy, was a Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian. It was his firm, Boulton & McCarthy in Barrie, that was the first incarnation of what is now Canada's largest law firm, McCarthy Tétrault.McCarthy was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1878...
, lawyer and politician in Canada (d.18981898 in Ireland-Events:*6 July - Guglielmo Marconi conducts a test radio telegraph transmission for Lloyd's between Ballycastle, County Antrim, and Rathlin Island.*12 August - James Connolly launches the first issue of the Workers' Republic newsletter....
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Deaths
- 31 March - Edward Southwell RuthvenEdward Southwell RuthvenEdward Southwell Ruthven was an Irish Repealer politician and member of the United Kingdom Parliament.Member for Downpatrick 1830-1832, MP for Dublin City 1832–1835 and January 1835 – 13 April 1835 .-References:*Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume I 1832 –...
, Repealer politician and member of the United Kingdom Parliament (b. c. 17721772 in Ireland-Births:*1 May - Lowry Cole, soldier, politician and MP for Enniskillen from 1797 to 1800, Governor of Mauritius and Cape Colony .*16 July - William Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley, politician ....
) - 8 August - James Blackwood, 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, politician (b.17551755 in Ireland-Events:*The Spanish Arch in Galway partially destroyed by a tsunami generated by the Lisbon earthquake-Births:*8 July - James Blackwood, 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, politician ....
). - 21 August - William Cusac Smith, BaronetWilliam Cusac Smith, BaronetSir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet FRS was an Irish baronet and politician.-Background and education:Cusack-Smith was the eldest son of Sir Michael Smith, 1st Baronet, Master of the Rolls in Ireland from 1801 to 1806, and his first wife Maryanne Cusack. It was a mixed marriage and William to...
, judge (b.17661766 in IrelandThe year 1766 in Ireland is characterised by certain events, arts and literature occurrences, births and deaths. For a fuller date context the year should be termed 1766 AD in Ireland.-Arts and literature:...
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