1832 in Ireland
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Events
- 23 May - Following disorder at Castlepollard Fair in County Westmeath, at least seven men and two women are shot dead by the constabulary.[1]
- 7 August - An Act to Amend the Representation of the People of Ireland, commonly called the Irish Reform Act 1832, introduces wide-ranging changes to the laws for elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, particularly in the Boroughs.[2]
Births
- 6 May - Margaret Anna Cusack, nun, writer and founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace (died 1899).
- 10 May - William Russell Grace, businessman and first Roman Catholic mayor of New York (died 1904).
- 14 November - Stopford Augustus Brooke, Anglican clergyman and writer (died 1916).
Full date unknown
- John Byrne, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman, Crimea (died 1879).
- Patrick Carlin, Victoria Cross recipient for gallantry in 1858 in India (died 1895).
- Thomas McCarthy, businessman and politician in Quebec (died 1870).
- Standish Hayes O'Grady, antiquarian (died 1915).
- Joseph Ward, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 at Gwalior, India (died 1872).
Deaths
- 8 April - Andrew Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney, soldier, politician and peer (born 1770).
- 28 December - Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham, politician (born 1766).
References
- ↑ Connell, Paul (2001). "'Slaughtered like wild beasts: Massacre at Castlepollard fair, 1831". In Cronin, Denis A. et al. (ed.). Irish Fairs and Markets: Studies in Local History. Dublin: Four Courts Press. pp. 143–163. ISBN 1-85182-525-8.
- ↑ The law journal for the year 1832-1949, Abridgment of statutes X, E. B. Ince, 1832
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