- 1844 in Ireland
Events
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15 December -Saint Malachy's Church, Belfast is dedicated by DrWilliam Crolly , Archbishop of Armagh andPrimate of All Ireland .Births
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3 February -James Henry Reynolds , recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 atRorke's Drift ,South Africa (d.1932).
*8 February -Joseph Ivess , member of theNew Zealand House of Representatives (d.1919).
*12 March - Patrick Collins,U.S. Representative fromMassachusetts and Mayor ofBoston (d.1905).
*5 June -Thomas Cleeve , founder ofCondensed Milk Company of Ireland , High Sheriff ofLimerick (d.1908).
*28 June -John Boyle O'Reilly , poet and novelist (d.1890).
*7 July -George W. Joy , painter (d.1925).
*1 August -Daniel John O'Donoghue , printer, labour leader and politician inOntario (d.1907).
*9 August -John Sweetman , politician, one of founders ofSinn Féin and second President of the party in 1908 (d.1936).
*6 November - Robert Browne,Roman Catholic Bishop of theDiocese of Cloyne (d.1935).
*21 November -William Martin Murphy , Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party) MP, newspaper proprietor, leader of employer's syndicate in theDublin Lockout of 1913 (d.1919).
*13 December -John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson , politician and judge,Attorney-General for Ireland and Law Lord (d.1932).Full date unknown
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Charlotte Despard ,suffragist ,novel ist andSinn Féin activist (d.1939).
*James Rankin, lighthouse keeper in America (d.1921).
*Dr. Mark F. Ryan , nationalist and author (d.1940).
*Thomas Workman ,entomologist andarachnologist (d.1900).Deaths
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8 January -William Warren Baldwin , doctor, businessman, lawyer, judge, architect and political figure inUpper Canada (b.1775).
*10 January -Hudson Lowe , British military leader (b.1769).
*13 January -Alexander Porter ,United States Senator forLouisiana (b.1785).
*20 February -Edward Kernan , Bishop of Clogher,1824 -1844 (b.1771).
*26 August -John Keane, 1st Baron Keane ,British Army Lieutenant-General (b.1781).
*29 August -Edmund Ignatius Rice ,Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist, founder of theCongregation of Christian Brothers and thePresentation Brothers (b.1762).
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