- 1824 in Ireland
Events
*Foundation of the
Northern Banking Company "- seeNorthern Bank )."Births
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23 April -William Nash , soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 atLucknow ,India (d.1875).
*28 May -Thomas Croke ,Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly , founder patron of theGaelic Athletic Association (d.1902).
*26 June -William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin , mathematical physicist,engineer , and leader in thephysical sciences (d.1907).
*August -Thomas Laughnan , soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 atLucknow ,India (d.1864).
*12 December -William Joseph Corbet , nationalistpolitician and MP (d.1909).Full date unknown
*John Coghlan, public works engineer in
Argentina (d.1890).
*Thomas Henry FitzGerald , farmer and politician inQueensland ,Australia (d.1888).
*Patrick Green , soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 atDelhi ,India (d.1889).
*John O'Hart , genealogist (d.1902).
*Charles Irwin , soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 atLucknow ,India (d.1873).
*James Stephens, founding member of theFenian Brotherhood movement (d.1901).
*Edward Whelan , politician, one of the Fathers of theCanadian Confederation (d.1867).Deaths
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21 January - Charles MacCarthy, soldier in the French, Dutch and British armies, governor of various British territories inWest Africa (b.1764).
*24 August -Valentine Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl , peer (b.1752).
*30 October -Charles Maturin , clergyman, novelist and playwright (b.1782).
*9 November -Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley , politician (b.1745).
*19 November -Bishop James Murphy , Bishop of Clogher1801 -1824 (b.1744).
*5 December -Thomas McCord , businessman and politician inLower Canada (b.1750).
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