1837 in Ireland

Events

Shaw's Bank merged with Royal Bank of Ireland. "See Allied Irish Banks."

Births

*7 May - John Michael Clancy, Democrat United States Representative from New York (d.1903).
*24 May - John McDonald, soldier and Congressman in America (d.1917).
*28 May - George Ashlin, architect (d.1921).
*4 September - Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne, lawyer and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (d.1913).
*1 October - Edward James Saunderson, leader of the Irish Unionist Party in the British House of Commons (d.1906).

Full date unknown

*James Brenan, artist (d.1907).
*Patrick Graham, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (d.1875).

Deaths

*20 January - Arthur Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran, politician (b.1761).
*23 January - John Field, composer and pianist (b.1782).
*1 February - Edward Donovan, writer, traveller and amateur zoologist (b.1768).
*27 February - Lord Kingsborough, antiquarian (b.1795).
*20 June - William IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (b. 1765).
*13 July - William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel, peer and MP (b.1751).
*24 November - Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty, diplomat, Irish, and later British, MP (b.1767).

Full date unknown

*Gilbert Austin, educator, clergyman and author (b.1753).