1848 in Ireland
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[edit] 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.[1]
- 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.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] 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).
