1795 in Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Births 2.1 Full date unknown 3 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Society of the United Irishmen members including Theobald Wolfe Tone and Henry Joy McCracken meet at Cavehill to the north of Belfast.
• The town of Louisburgh, County Mayo was established by Lord Altamount of Westport to house Catholic refugees who fled sectarian conflict in the north of Ireland.

[edit] Births

• 5 May - James Haughton, social reformer and temperance activist (d.1873).
• 20 May - Francis Murphy, first Roman Catholic bishop of Adelaide, South Australia (d.1858).
• 18 July - Hugh McNeile, Anglican churchman (d.1879).
• 16 November - Lord Kingsborough, antiquarian (d.1837).

[edit] Full date unknown

• George Darley, poet, novelist and critic (d.1846).
• Tyrone Power, actor, comedian, author and theatrical manager (d.1841).

[edit] Deaths

• 14 February - Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective, peer (b.1724).
• 22 April - Tadhg Gaedhealach O Suilleabhan, poet.
• 11 September - Thomas Browne, 4th Viscount Kenmare, landowner and politician (b.1726).