1860 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- Deasy's Land Act[1], intended to reform tenants' rights.
- Construction began on St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast.
[edit] Births
- 1 January - John Cassidy, sculptor and painter (d.1939).
- 17 January - Douglas Hyde, member of the Seanad in 1922 and 1938; first President of Ireland and Gaelic scholar (d.1949).
- 26 April - Gerald Carew, 5th Baron Carew (d.1927)[2].
- 15 June - Robert Carew, 3rd Baron Carew (d.1923)[3].
- 25 June - John Danaher, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1881 near Pretoria, South Africa (d.1919).
- 8 December - Amanda McKittrick Ros, novelist and poet (d.1939).
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- Patrick S. Dinneen, lexicographer and historian (d.1934)
- Sidney Royse Lysaght, writer (d.1941)
- Thomas Preston, scientist (d.1900)
- Ada Rehan, actress (d.1916)
[edit] Deaths
- 12 February - William Francis Patrick Napier, soldier and military historian (b.1785).
- 17 March - Anna Brownell Jameson, writer (b.1794).
- 23 October - Peter Boyle de Blaquière, politician in Canada and first chancellor of the University of Toronto (b.1783).
- 24 November - George Croly, poet, novelist, historian and divine (b.1780)[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds) (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press. pp. p 377.
- ^ thePeerage
- ^ thePeerage
- ^ Chambers' Book of Days
