1844 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- 15 December - Saint Malachy's Church, Belfast is dedicated by Dr William Crolly, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.
[edit] Births
- 3 February - James Henry Reynolds, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 at Rorke's Drift, South Africa (d.1932).
- 8 February - Joseph Ivess, member of the New Zealand House of Representatives (d.1919).
- 12 March - Patrick Collins, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and Mayor of Boston (d.1905).
- 5 June - Thomas Cleeve, founder of Condensed Milk Company of Ireland, High Sheriff of Limerick (d.1908).
- 28 June - John Boyle O'Reilly, poet and novelist (d.1890).
- 7 July - George W. Joy, painter (d.1925).
- 1 August - Daniel John O'Donoghue, printer, labour leader and politician in Ontario (d.1907).
- 9 August - John Sweetman, politician, one of founders of Sinn Féin and second President of the party in 1908 (d.1936).
- 6 November - Robert Browne, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Cloyne (d.1935).
- 21 November - William Martin Murphy, Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party) MP, newspaper proprietor, leader of employer's syndicate in the Dublin Lockout of 1913 (d.1919).
- 13 December - John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson, politician and judge, Attorney-General for Ireland and Law Lord (d.1932).
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- Charlotte Despard, suffragist, novelist and Sinn Féin activist (d.1939).
- James Rankin, lighthouse keeper in America (d.1921).
- Dr. Mark F. Ryan, nationalist and author (d.1940).
- Thomas Workman, entomologist and arachnologist (d.1900).
[edit] Deaths
- 8 January - William Warren Baldwin, doctor, businessman, lawyer, judge, architect and political figure in Upper Canada (b.1775).
- 10 January - Hudson Lowe, British military leader (b.1769).
- 13 January - Alexander Porter, United States Senator for Louisiana (b.1785).
- 20 February - Edward Kernan, Bishop of Clogher, 1824-1844 (b.1771).
- 29 August - Edmund Ignatius Rice, Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist, founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers (b.1762).
