1869 in Ireland
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Events
- July 26 - The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland passes the Irish Church Act, disestablishing the Church of Ireland with effect from 1871 and abolishing payment of tithe.[1]
- August 31 - Scientist Mary Ward is killed in a steam car accident at Parsonstown,[2] probably the world's first victim of a mechanically-propelled road vehicle.
- Anti-Irish riots at Pontlottyn in the Rhymney Valley of Wales result in one death.
Sport
Hare coursing
- Waterloo Cup won by Master McGrath.
Yachting
- The Royal Ulster Yacht Club of Bangor, County Down, receives its royal warrant.[3]
Births
- 16 March - Peter Maher, boxer (died 1940).
- 27 March - James McNeill, politician and second Governor-General of the Irish Free State (died 1938).
- 26 April - Lowry Hamilton, cricketer (died 1936).
- 23 May - Hamilton Lyster Reed, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1899 at the Battle of Colenso, South Africa (died 1931).
- 29 May - William Harman, cricketer (died 1962).
- 1 August - Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury, politician in Alberta, Canada (died 1951).
- 30 November - James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, Unionist politician and first Governor of Northern Ireland (died 1953).[4]
- 27 December - William Harrington, cricketer (died 1940).
Deaths
- 30 January - William Carleton, writer (born 1794).
- 11 February - Patrick J. Whelan, tailor and alleged Fenian sympathizer, convicted of assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee in 1868, hanged (b. c1840).
- 2 March - Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, British Field Marshal (born 1779).
- 6 March - James Emerson Tennent, politician and traveller (born 1804).
- 14 March - Joseph Francis Olliffe, physician (born 1808).
- 26 March - John T. Mullock, Roman Catholic Bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland (born 1807).
- 31 August - Mary Ward, scientist (born 1827).
Full date unknown
- Joseph Prosser, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sevastopol, Crimea (born 1833).
References
- ↑ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 290–291. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ "Appalling Accident: Sudden Death of the Hon. Mrs. Ward". King's County Chronicle. 1869-09-01.
- ↑ "Duke of Edinburgh visits Royal Ulster Yacht Club in Bangor". Northern Ireland Office. 2006-03-03. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- ↑ Abercorn: James Hamilton
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