1826 in Ireland

Events

*In the General Election four counties elected supporters of Catholic Emancipation [cite book | last=Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds)| year=1967 |title=The Course of Irish History | publisher=The Mercier Press | location=Cork, Ireland | pages=p 252] .
*The Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1826 is passed.

Births

*March - James P. Boyd, businessman and politician in Ontario (d.1890).
*March - John Farrell, soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry at the 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade (d.1865).
*5 July - William Ford, businessman in America, father of Henry Ford (d.1905).
*2 November - Henry John Stephen Smith, mathematician (d.1883).
*14 November - Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, jurist, politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (d.1901).

Full date unknown

*Robert Cain, brewer and businessman (d.1907).
*Samuel Hill, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India, later killed in action (d.1863).
*Patrick McHale, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (d.1866).
*Richard Smyth, Presbyterian minister, academic and politician (d.1878).
*Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons, physician and politician (d.1886).
*Alexander Wright, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea (d.1858).

Deaths

*9 October - Michael Kelly, actor, singer and composer (b.1762).

Full date unknown

*Judge Fulton, judge, surveyor, politician, and founder of the village of Bass River, Nova Scotia (b.1739).

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