1808 in Ireland

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Centuries:	17th • 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st
See also:	1808 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1808 List of years in Ireland

Contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 References

Events

2 February - Daniel Delany, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, founds the Patrician Brothers.
15 August - Seven men, including Edmund Rice, take religious promises under Bishop John Power of Waterford as the Presentation Brothers.^[1]
21 October - Nelson's Pillar in Dublin is completed.

Births

15 May - Michael William Balfe, composer (d.1870).
Joseph Francis Olliffe, physician (d.1869).

Deaths

10 February - Hugh Douglas Hamilton, artist (b. c1734).
30 September - Peter Russell, gambler, government official, politician and judge in Upper Canada (b.1733).

References

^ Normoyle, M. C. (1976). A Tree is Planted: the Life and Times of Edmund Rice. Congregation of Christian Brothers. p. 71.