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1833 In Ireland
Events from the year 1833 in Ireland. Events * 29 July – Nathaniel Sneyd is shot in the head by a madman on Westmoreland Street, Dublin. He dies from his injuries two days later. * August – Mount Melleray Abbey in the Knockmealdown Mountains is founded, the first Cistercian foundation in Ireland in modern times. * 10 August – major fire in stores of The Custom House, Dublin, sets River Liffey aflame. * 14 August – Church Temporalities Act 1833 suppresses ten bishoprics in the Church of Ireland, with dioceses to be merged as sees fall vacant, and provides for abolition of Vestry Assessment. * 28 August – the school which will evolve into Castleknock College is opened in Dublin by the Vincentian community. * Katherine Sophia Kane's ''The Irish Flora'' is published anonymously. Arts and literature * Early – Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, aged 14, makes his stage debut, at the Dublin Theatre, playing William Tell. Births *21 January – Joseph Prosser, recipient of the Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Sneyd
Nathaniel Sneyd (c. 1767 – 31 July 1833) was an Irish politician, landowner and businessman. He was a Member of the Parliament of Ireland representing the Carrick constituency from 1794 to 1800 and was High Sheriff of Cavan in 1795. He briefly represented the County Cavan Parliament of Ireland constituency which was succeeded after the Union with Great Britain in 1801 by the Westminster constituency of County Cavan, which he represented from 1801 until 1826. In general election of 1806 he contested two constituencies for Parliament, winning both and choosing to represent Cavan over Enniskillen. In Cavan, Sneyd lived in Ballyconnell and owned plantation lands around Bawnboy. From 1800, he was president of the Bawnboy Farming Society, the first founded in County Cavan. In 1801 he was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Cavan. On 29 July 1833, in Westmoreland Street, Dublin, Nathaniel Sneyd was shot in the head by a madman, John Mason, who had a grudge against the firm of wine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Prosser
Joseph Prosser Victoria Cross, VC (1828 – 10 June 1867) was an Irish soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth forces. Military career Prosser was born in Moneygall, County Offaly, King's County. He was approximately 27 years old, and a Private (rank), private in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots, 1st Regiment (later The Royal Scots), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. On 16 June 1855 at Sevastopol, Crimea, when on duty in the trenches, Private Prosser pursued and apprehended (while exposed to enemy cross-fire) a soldier in the act of deserting to the enemy. On 11 August he left the most advanced trench and helped to carry to safety a severely wounded soldier of the 95th Regiment who was unable to move. This act was performed under very heavy fire from the enemy. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 In Ireland
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Liberal Party (UK)
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William Hare, 3rd Earl Of Listowel
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1905 In Ireland
Events in the year 1905 in Ireland. Events * 9 January – The ''Lillebonne'', the largest vessel ever constructed in Dublin, was successfully launched in the North Wall Yard. * 16 February – Explosions caused by petrol fumes after refuelling on board the newly commissioned submarine killed six of the eleven crew at the Royal Navy's base in Haulbowline. * 6 March – The obligation of the Post Office towards letters addressed in Irish was raised in the British House of Commons. The debate arose because the General Post Office in Dublin returned parcels addressed in Irish by the Gaelic League. * 29 May – Statistics in 1904 showed that nearly 37,000 people emigrated. Since 1851, almost four million people have left the island. * 7 July – The ''Drunkenness (Ireland) Bill'' was debated in the British House of Commons. Irish Members of Parliament criticised the bill on the grounds that it was offensive. * 28 November – The Sinn Féin party was founded. * Church House was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany, New York
Albany ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It is located on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. Albany is the oldest city in New York, and the county seat of and most populous city in Albany County, New York, Albany County. Albany's population was 99,224 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 101,228 in 2023. The city is the economic and cultural core of New York State's Capital District (New York), Capital District, a metropolitan area including the nearby cities and suburbs of Colonie, New York, Colonie, Troy, New York, Troy, Schenectady, New York, Schenectady, and Saratoga Springs, New York, Saratoga Springs. With a population of 1.23 million in 2020, the Capital District is the third-most populous metropolitan region in the state. The Hudson River area was originally inhabited by Algonquian languages, Algonquian-speaking Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York (state)
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Michael N
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1894 In Ireland
Events from the year 1894 in Ireland. Events * 3 March – William Ewart Gladstone resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In his career, he introduced land reform to Ireland and also attempted to grant Home Rule. * 14 June – hooker ''Victory'' capsizes off Westport, County Mayo with the loss of at least 30 aboard. * 15 August – the Irish Land and Labour Association is formed at a labour convention at Limerick Junction, County Tipperary, with D. D. Sheehan as chairman and J. J. O'Shee as secretary. * 28–29 December – the SS '' Inishtrahull'' is lost off Kilkee with the loss of 26 aboard. * The first meeting of the Irish Trades Union Congress takes place. * The Irish Agricultural Organisation Society is established by Horace Plunkett. The new organisation encourages the co-operative movement. * Professor John Joly of Trinity College Dublin, devises a colour photographic process. * Bewley's open their first café in Dublin. Arts and literature * Thomas A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Launt Thompson
Launt Thompson (February 8, 1833 – September 26, 1894) was an American sculptor. Biography He was born in Abbeyleix, Ireland. Due to the Great Famine occurring in Ireland at the time, he emigrated to the United States in 1847 with his widowed mother, and they settled in Albany, New York. There, he found work as a handyman. After studying anatomy in the office of a physician, Dr. James H. Armsby, he spent nine years as the studio boy of the sculptor, E. D. Palmer. In 1858 he moved to New York City where he opened a studio. There he shared an apartment with James Pinchot. In 1862 he was elected academician at the National Academy due to his work ''Rocky Mountain Trapper'', a marble portrait of James "Grizzly" Adams. He visited Rome in 1868–1869, and married Maria Louisa Potter (1839–1916), daughter of Alonzo Potter, Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania. From 1875 to 1887 he was again in Italy, living for most of the time at Florence. He died at the State Mental Asylum a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1869 In Ireland
Events from the year 1869 in Ireland. Events * July 26 – the royal assent is given to the Irish Church Act, disestablishing the Church of Ireland with effect from 1871 and abolishing payment of tithe, the legislation having passed through the House of Commons of the United Kingdom and House of Lords. * August – anti-Irish riots at Pontlottyn in the Rhymney Valley of Wales result in one death. * August 31 – scientist Mary Ward is killed in a steam car accident at Parsonstown, Ireland's first victim of a mechanically propelled road vehicle. Sport Hare coursing *Waterloo Cup won by Master McGrath. Yachting *The Royal Ulster Yacht Club of Bangor, County Down, receives its royal warrant. Births *16 March – Peter Maher, boxer (died 1940). *27 March – James McNeill, politician and second Governor-General of the Irish Free State (died 1938). *26 April – Lowry Hamilton, cricketer (died 1936). *19 May – John Wheatley, socialist politician (died 1930 in Scotland) *23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
