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1855 in Ireland
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Decades:
1830s • 1840s •
1850s
• 1860s • 1870s
Centuries:
17th • 18th •
19th
• 20th • 21st
See also:
1855 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1855
List of years in Ireland
Contents
1
Events
2
Births
2.1
Full date unknown
3
Deaths
4
References
Events
5 April - Opening of
Boyne Viaduct
at
Drogheda
by the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway completes permanent through rail communication between the two principal cities of Ireland.
[
1
]
October -
Charles Gavan Duffy
, founder of the
Tenant Right League
, emigrates to Australia.
[
2
]
Charlemont Bridge
over the
River Blackwater
, between
Moy
and
Charlemont
is constructed.
Dublin Zoo
buys its first pair of
lions
.
Births
17 May -
Timothy Michael Healy
, Nationalist politician, journalist, author, barrister and first
Governor-General of the Irish Free State
(d.
1931
).
17 August -
Andrew Jameson
, public servant, businessman and
Seanad
member (d.
1941
).
25 August -
Patrick Glynn
,
Attorney General of Australia
and
Minister for External Affairs
(d.
1931
).
11 September -
William Mulholland
, water service engineer in
Southern California
(d.
1935
).
Full date unknown
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
, novelist (d.
1897
).
James Nowlan
, President of the
Gaelic Athletic Association
(1901–1921) (d.
1924
).
Deaths
14 March -
Edward Ffrench Bromhead
,
mathematician
(b.
1789
)
[
3
]
13 August -
Richard Bourke
, soldier and
Governor
of
New South Wales
, Australia from 1831 to 1837 (b.
1777
).
James Hardiman
, lawyer, librarian and historian (b.
1782
.
References
^
Share, Bernard (ed.) (2005).
Crossing the Boyne: the great Viaduct 1855–2005
. Drogheda: Iarnród Éireann; Old Drogheda Society.
^
Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X. (eds) (1967).
The Course of Irish History
. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 376.
^
.
Edward Bromhead - Oxford Biographical Index entry