- 1854 in Ireland
Events
*Quarrel between Tenant League and Archbishop Cullen; League appeals to
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*Catholic University of Ireland founded;John Henry Cardinal Newman first rector.Births
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9 February -Edward Carson, Baron Carson , Irish Unionist leader,barrister andjudge (d.1935).
*1 May -Percy French , civil engineer, songwriter, entertainer and artist (d.1920).
*16 October -Oscar Wilde , playwright, novelist, poet (d.1900).
*24 October -Horace Curzon Plunkett , politician, agricultural reformer and writer (d.1932).Full date unknown
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Laurence Ginnell , nationalist, lawyer and politician, member of1st Dáil (d.1923).
*Bowman Malcolm , railway engineer (d.1933).Deaths
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5 March -Thomas Devin Reilly , revolutionary,Young Irelander and journalist (b.1823).
*6 March -Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry , soldier, politician and nobleman (b.1778).
*8 August -Thomas Crofton Croker , antiquary (b.1798)
*19 October -Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley , politician (b.1775).
*31 December -Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim , nobleman and Whig MP (b.1768).Full date unknown
*Patrick O'Donoghue, journalist and Young Irelander.
References
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