1848 in Ireland

1848 in Ireland

Events

* Thomas Francis Meagher flies the Irish Tricolour in Waterford, the first recorded usage of the flag which is now the national flag of the Republic of Ireland.
*12 May - Kilkenny railway station opened. [cite web | title=Kilkenny station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-05]
*22 July - Government suspends habeas corpus, thus Young Irelanders could be imprisoned on proclamation without trial.
*29 July - Young Irelander Rebellion in County Tipperary unsuccessful.

Arts and literature

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Births

*18 February - Samuel Jacob Jackson, politician in Canada (d.1942).
*1 March - Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor (d.1907).
*2 April - O'Moore Creagh, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 at Kam Dakka, Afghanistan (d.1923).
*5 May - John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer, lawyer and politician in Canada (d.1914).
*12 May - James E. Morin, merchant and politician in Ontario.
*11 June - Reginald Clare Hart, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 in the Bazar Valley, Afghanistan (d.1931).
*28 July - James Cooney, lawyer and Democratic politician in Missouri (d.1904).
*10 August - William Harnett, painter (d.1892).
*28 August - Francis O'Neill, police officer in America and collector of Irish traditional music (d.1936).
*4 September - George Edward Dobson, zoologist, photographer and army surgeon (d.1895).
*5 October - T. P. O'Connor, journalist and Member of Parliament (d.1929).

Deaths

*10 April - William Quarter, first Roman Catholic bishop of Chicago (b.1806).
*3 May - Cornelius Heeney, merchant and politician in America (b.1754).

References


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