1859 in Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Births 2.1 Full date unknown 3 Deaths 3.1 Full date unknown 4 References

[edit] Events

• Irish general election.
• The Irish Times is founded.
• Ulster Hall, concert venue in Belfast, is built.

[edit] Births

• 3 January - Maurice Healy, lawyer, politician and MP (d.1923).
• 30 January - Tony Mullane, Major League Baseball player (d.1944).
• 1 February - Victor Herbert, composer, cellist and conductor (d.1924).
• 11 February - Barry Yelverton, 5th Viscount Avonmore, nobleman and officer (d.1885).
• February - James Murray, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1881 at Elandsfontein, near Pretoria, South Africa (d.1942).
• 13 April - Daniel Gallery, politician in Canada (d.1920).
• 4 May - William Hamilton, cricketer (d.1914).

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• Francis Fitzpatrick, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 during an attack on Sekukuni's Town, South Africa (d.1933).
• Thomas Houghton, Anglican Clergyman and editor of the Gospel Magazine (d.1951).
• Edward Martyn, playwright and activist (d.1923).
• Justin Huntly McCarthy, politician and author (d.1936).
• Walter Osborne, painter (d.1903).
• Henry Jones Thaddeus, painter (d.1929).

[edit] Deaths

• 14 April - Lady Morgan, novelist (b. c1776).
• 3 November - George Forrest, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 at Delhi, India (b.1800).
• 29 April - Dionysius Lardner, scientific writer (b.1793).

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• Peter McManus, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross.

[edit] References