1854 in Ireland
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Events
- 1 January - Fastnet Rock lighthouse first lit.
- 21 January - The iron clipper RMS Tayleur runs aground on Lambay Island on her maiden voyage out of Liverpool with the loss of at least 300 of around 650 on board.
- 18 May - Catholic University of Ireland formally established in Dublin with John Henry Newman as first rector; lectures commence on 3 November.[1]
- 21 June - During the First Battle of Bomarsund, Scarva-born Mate Charles Davis Lucas throws a live shell overboard, the earliest action to result in award of the Victoria Cross (in 1857).[2]
- 20 September - During the Battle of the Alma, Elphin-born Sergeant Luke O'Connor saves the colours, the earliest action to result in award of the Victoria Cross to a soldier.
- Quarrel between Tenant League and Archbishop Cullen; League appeals to Rome.[1]
- National Gallery of Ireland founded. Daniel Maclise paints The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife which now hangs in the Gallery.
Births
- 9 February - Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Irish Unionist leader, barrister and judge (died 1935).
- 25 March - John Le Hay, born John Healy, comic baritone (died 1926 resulting from traffic accident in London)
- 10 June - Sarah Grand, born Frances Elizabeth Bellenden Clarke, feminist author (died 1943 in England).
- 1 May - Percy French, civil engineer, songwriter, entertainer and artist (died 1920).
- 16 October - Oscar Wilde, playwright, novelist, poet (died 1900).
- 24 October - Horace Plunkett, politician, agricultural reformer and writer (died 1932).
Full date unknown
- Laurence Ginnell, nationalist, lawyer and politician, member of 1st Dáil (died 1923).
- Bowman Malcolm, railway engineer (died 1933).
Deaths
- 5 March - Thomas Devin Reilly, revolutionary, Young Irelander and journalist (born 1823).
- 6 March - Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, soldier, politician and nobleman (born 1778).
- 8 July - George Halpin, civil engineer (born c.1779).
- 8 August - Thomas Crofton Croker, antiquary (born 1798).
- 19 October - Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley, politician (born 1775).
- 31 December - Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, nobleman and Whig MP (born 1768).
Full date unknown
- Patrick O'Donoghue, journalist and Young Irelander.
References
- 1 2 Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
- ↑ Best, Brian. "Charles Lucas – The First VC". The Victoria Cross Society. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
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