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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