1850 in Ireland
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- March 31 - The paddle steamerPaddle steamerA paddle steamer is a steamship or riverboat, powered by a steam engine, using paddle wheels to propel it through the water. In antiquity, Paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses were wheelers driven by animals or humans...
, bound from CorkCork (city)Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
to LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, sinks in the English ChannelEnglish ChannelThe English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...
with the loss of all 250 on board. - Crumlin Road CourthouseCrumlin Road CourthouseThe Crumlin Road Courthouse was designed by the architect Charles Lanyon and completed in 1850. It is situated across the road from the Crumlin Road Gaol and the two are linked by an underground passage....
in BelfastBelfastBelfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
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Births
- 25 April - William MelvilleWilliam MelvilleWilliam Melville was an Irish law enforcement officer and the first chief of the British Secret Service, forerunner of MI5.-Birth:...
, police officer and first chief of the British Secret Service (d.19181918 in Ireland-Events:*January 18 - Count Plunkett, Seán T. O'Kelly and others protest at the forcible feeding of Sinn Féin prisoners in Mountjoy Prison.*March 2 - In Skibbereen, County Cork Ernest Blythe is arrested for non-compliance with a military rule directing him to reside in Ulster.*March 6 - In the...
). - 9 June - Pierce Charles de Lacy O'MahonyPierce Charles de Lacy O'MahonyPierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony , known up to 1901 as Pierce Mahony, and from 1912 also as The O'Mahony of Kerry, was an Irish Protestant nationalist politician and philanthropist, who practised as a barrister from 1898 to 1900...
, Nationalist politician, barrister and philanthropist (d.19301930 in Ireland-Events:*15 January – Ireland's new Papal Nuncio, Monsignor Robertson, presents his credentials to the Governor-General at the Vice-Regal Lodge in the Phoenix Park.*28 August – A painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, found in an Irish cottage, is authenticated....
). - 24 June - Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl KitchenerHerbert Kitchener, 1st Earl KitchenerField Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC , was an Irish-born British Field Marshal and proconsul who won fame for his imperial campaigns and later played a central role in the early part of the First World War, although he died halfway...
, British Field Marshal and statesman (d.19161916 in Ireland-Events:*January 14 - Michael Collins quits his job in London and returns to Ireland.*February 14 - John Redmond is re-elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Dublin.*February 29 - The week long Derry Feis opens in the city....
). - 22 December - Thomas O'ShaughnessyThomas O'ShaughnessySir Thomas Lopdell O'Shaughnessy was the last Recorder of Dublin in Ireland.-Early life:O'Shaughnessy was born on December 22, 1850 in Dublin and died at his home in Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin on March 7, 1933...
, lawyer and judge (d.19331933 in Ireland-Events:*February 4 - Fianna Fáil, led by Éamon de Valera, win their first overall majority in Dáil Éireann. He is welcomed in his own constituency in County Clare where 77 horsemen and 77 torchbearers who light 77 tar barrels in honour of the 77 seats won by the party.*February 21 -...
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- James Bernard, 4th Earl of BandonJames Bernard, 4th Earl of BandonJames Francis Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon KP was a British Deputy Lieutenant in Ireland and Representative Peer...
, Deputy LieutenantDeputy LieutenantIn the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
in IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
(d.19241924 in Ireland-Events:*January 15 - The last internee at Kilmainham Gaol, Ernie O'Malley, is transferred to St. Bricin's Military Hospital.*April 20 - Sinn Féin commemorates the anniversary of the events of the 1916 Easter Rising....
). - Thomas LoughThomas LoughThomas Lough was a British Liberal politician.He was born in Ireland to Matthew Lough and Martha Steel of Cavan, and was educated at the Royal School Cavan and at Wesleyan Connexional School, Dublin....
, LiberalLiberal Party (UK)The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician in Britain, Lord Lieutenant of CavanLord Lieutenant of CavanThis is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Cavan. The office was created on 23 August 1831.* Thomas Taylour, 2nd Marquess of Headfort 17 October 1831 – 6 December 1870* John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar 3 April 1871 – 6 October 1876...
(d.19221922 in Ireland-Events:*January 2 - The first edition of the newspaper Poblacht na hÉireann is published. It is established by republican opponents to the Anglo-Irish Treaty who declare their fealty to the Irish Republic....
). - Samuel ShumackSamuel ShumackSamuel Shumack was an early Canberra pioneer and Australian author.He was born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland and moved to Australia with his family in 1856 where at the age of fifteen and with his father he took up a selection at Weetangera. He farmed his land until it was resumed by the...
, farmer and author in AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
(d.19401940 in Ireland-Events:*January - The Irish Naval Service acquires the first of its six Motor Torpedo Boats, M1.*January 17 - Enid of neutral Norway sailing from Steinkjer to Dublin, 10 miles north of Shetland, goes to assist SS Polzella which had been torpedoed by . U25 then shells and sinks Enid.*February 7 -...
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Deaths
- 6 August - Windham Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-EarlWindham Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-EarlWindham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl was an Irish Peer.The eldest son of Valentine Richard Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, he was styled Lord Adare from 1816 to 1822 and Viscount Adare thereafter until he succeeded to the Earldom on the death of his father in 1824.He...
, peer (b.17821782 in Ireland-Events:* 'Constitution of 1782', the collective legal changes which restore legislative independence to the Parliament of Ireland, giving rise to "Grattan's Parliament"....
). - 13 August - Martin Archer SheeMartin Archer SheeSir Martin Archer Shee RA was a British portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy.-Biography:...
, painter (b.17691769 in Ireland-Births:*1 May - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, soldier and statesman .*May - Nicholas Tuite MacCarthy, Jesuit preacher ....
). - 18 August - Charles ArbuthnotCharles ArbuthnotCharles Arbuthnot was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Wellington...
, ToryToryToryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and member of the Privy CouncilPrivy Council of the United KingdomHer Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign in the United Kingdom...
(b.17671767 in Ireland-Births:*1 January - Maria Edgeworth, novelist .*14 March - Charles Arbuthnot, Tory politician and member of the Privy Council .*19 May - Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty, diplomat, Irish, and later British, MP ....
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- William Reid ClannyWilliam Reid ClannyWilliam Reid Clanny was an Irish inventor.He was born in Bangor, County Down, Ireland. He moved to Sunderland, England and practised as a physician for 45 years.In 1813, he invented the Clanny safety lamp for miners...
, physician and inventor of the Clanny safety lamp for miners (b.17701770 in IrelandEvents from the year 1770 in Ireland.-Births:*30 November - Andrew Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney, soldier, politician and peer .-Full date unknown:*William Reid Clanny, physician and inventor of the Clanny safety lamp for miners ....
). - William Hamilton MaxwellWilliam Hamilton MaxwellWilliam Hamilton Maxwell was a Scots-Irish novelist.He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He claimed to have entered the British Army and seen service in the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, but this is generally believed to be untrue...
, novelist (b.17921792 in Ireland-Events:*Belfast Reading Society, becomes the Belfast Society for Promoting Knowledge, later to become the Linen Hall Library.-Births:*30 January - John Henry Hopkins, first bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Vermont and eighth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America...
). - Jon RileyJon RileyJon Patrick Riley , also known as John Patrick O'Riley, , a United States Army private, was one of the several hundred immigrant Catholic Irishmen who defected from the US Army and formed the Saint Patrick's Battalion to fight for Mexico in the 1846-48 Mexican-American War...
, deserter from United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
, a founder of the San PatriciosSaint Patrick's BattalionThe Saint Patrick's Battalion , formed and led by Jon Riley, was a unit of 175 to several hundred immigrants and expatriates of European descent who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848. Most of the battalion's members had...
(b.18051805 in Ireland-Births:*2 January - John Hogan, businessman and United States Representative from Missouri .*4 August - William Rowan Hamilton, mathematician, physicist, and astronomer .-Full date unknown:...
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