1859 in Ireland

Events

* Irish general election.
* The Irish Times is founded.
* Ulster Hall, concert venue in Belfast, is built.

Births

*3 January - Maurice Healy, lawyer, politician and MP (d.1923).
*30 January - Tony Mullane, Major League Baseball player (d.1944).
*1 February - Victor Herbert, composer, cellist and conductor (d.1924).
*11 February - Barry Yelverton, 5th Viscount Avonmore, nobleman and officer (d.1885).
*February - James Murray, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1881 at Elandsfontein, near Pretoria, South Africa (d.1942).
*13 April - Daniel Gallery, politician in Canada (d.1920).
*4 May - William Hamilton, cricketer (d.1914).

Full date unknown

*Francis Fitzpatrick, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 during an attack on Sekukuni's Town, South Africa (d.1933).
*Thomas Houghton, Anglican Clergyman and editor of the Gospel Magazine (d.1951).
*Edward Martyn, playwright and activist (d.1923).
*Justin Huntly McCarthy, politician and author (d.1936).
*Walter Osborne, painter (d.1903).
*Henry Jones Thaddeus, painter (d.1929).

Deaths

*14 April - Lady Morgan, novelist (b. c1776).
*3 November - George Forrest, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 at Delhi, India (b.1800).
*29 April - Dionysius Lardner, scientific writer (b.1793).

Full date unknown

*Peter McManus, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross.

References