1859 in Ireland

1859
in
Ireland

Decades:	1830s • 1840s • 1850s • 1860s • 1870s
Centuries:	17th • 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st
See also:	1859 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1859 List of years in Ireland

Events

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).

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).

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).