1804 in Ireland
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Events
- February - The last armed rebel group of the Society of United Irishmen, led by James Corcoran, is betrayed and killed or captured by yeomen near Enniscorthy.[1]
- 4–5 March - Castle Hill convict rebellion in New South Wales led by Irish convicts in Australia.[2]
- April - First boat passes through the Grand Canal throughout between the River Liffey in Dublin and the River Shannon.[3]
- 14 May - Cork Street Fever Hospital, Dublin, opens in Cork Street, Dublin.
- First Martello Tower erected in Ireland, at Sutton, Dublin.[4]
Martello tower (South No.7) at Killiney
Births
- 7 April - James Emerson Tennent, politician and traveller (died 1869).
- 25 December - Frederic Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown, peer (died 1880).
- 26 December - Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet, Conservative Party MP and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died 1882).
Full date unknown
- John George, politician, judge and in 1859 Solicitor-General for Ireland (died 1871).
- Francis Sylvester Mahony, humorist and poet (aka Father Prout), (died 1866).
- Andrew Nicholl, artist (died 1886).
Deaths
- February - James Corcoran, rebel leader (born c.1770).
- 27 July - Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim, politician (born 1732).
References
- ↑ O'Donnell, Ruan (2000). Aftermath: Post-Rebellion Insurgency in Wicklow, 1799-1803. ISBN 0-7165-2638-7.
- ↑ Whitaker, Anne-Maree. "Castle Hill convict rebellion 1804". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ↑ Delany, Ruth (1988). A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 87. ISBN 0-86281-200-3.
- ↑ "History". Martello Tower Sutton. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
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