- 1823 in Ireland
Events
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Catholic Association formed byDaniel O'Connell , to furtherCatholic Emancipation [cite book | last=Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds)| year=1967 |title=The Course of Irish History | publisher=The Mercier Press | location=Cork, Ireland | pages=p 250] .
*"Northern Whig" newspaper is founded inBelfast .Births
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1 January - Edward Butler, lawyer and politician inAustralia (d.1879).
*12 January -James Donnelly ,Bishop of the Diocese of Clogher (d.1893).
*7 July -John Kells Ingram , poet, scholar, economist and historian of economic thought (d.1907).
*7 September -Kevin Izod O'Doherty , transported toAustralia in 1849, physician and politician (d.1905).
*10 September - James O'Connor, first Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Diocese of Omaha (d.1891).
*16 September -James O'Reilly , lawyer and politician inCanada (d.1875).Full date unknown
*Ann Jellicoe, educationalist (d.1880).
*John Lyons, soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, in theCrimea (d.1867).
*Thomas Devin Reilly , revolutionary,Young Irelander and journalist (d.1854).
*John Ryan, soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 atLucknow ,India , killed in action (d.1858).Deaths
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21 February - Charles Wolfe, poet (b.1791).
*17 September - John Shaw,Captain in theUnited States Navy (b.1773).References
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