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Decades:	1830s • 1840s • 1850s • 1860s • 1870s
Centuries:	17th • 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st
See also:	1854 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1854 List of years in Ireland

Contents

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

Events

18 May - Catholic University of Ireland formally established in Dublin with John Henry Newman as first rector; lectures commemce on 3 November.^[1]
Quarrel between Tenant League and Archbishop Cullen; League appeals to Rome.^[1]
National Gallery of Ireland founded.

Births

9 February - Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Irish Unionist leader, barrister and judge (d.1935).
1 May - Percy French, civil engineer, songwriter, entertainer and artist (d.1920).
16 October - Oscar Wilde, playwright, novelist, poet (d.1900).
24 October - Horace Plunkett, politician, agricultural reformer and writer (d.1932).

Full date unknown

Laurence Ginnell, nationalist, lawyer and politician, member of 1st Dáil (d.1923).
Bowman Malcolm, railway engineer (d.1933).

Deaths

5 March - Thomas Devin Reilly, revolutionary, Young Irelander and journalist (b.1823).
6 March - Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, soldier, politician and nobleman (b.1778).
8 August - Thomas Crofton Croker, antiquary (b.1798)
19 October - Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley, politician (b.1775).
31 December - Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, nobleman and Whig MP (b.1768).

Full date unknown

Patrick O'Donoghue, journalist and Young Irelander.

References

^ ^a ^b Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X., ed (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.