1821 in Ireland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| ««« 1820 1819 1818 1817 1816 |
|
»»» 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 |
||||||
|
||||||||
Contents |
[edit] Events
- 28 December - Sandycove Lifeboat disaster - four lifeboatmen drowned attempting to rescue Ellen of Liverpool
[edit] Births
- 20 January - Dennis Mahony, one of the founders of the Dubuque Herald (now the Telegraph Herald), a newspaper in Dubuque, Iowa (d.1879).
- 20 February - Miles Gerard Keon, journalist, novelist, colonial secretary and lecturer (d.1875).
- 8 March - James Sheridan Muspratt, research chemist and teacher (d.1871).
- 28 March - William Howard Russell, journalist (d.1907).
- 20 July - Michael Hannan, Archbishop in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia (d.1882).
- 21 December - Samuel Haughton, scientific writer (d.1897).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Robert O'Hara Burke, explorer of Australia (d.1861).
- William Connor Magee, Anglican clergyman, Archbishop of York (d.1891).
[edit] Deaths
- 6 April - Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, politician (b.1739).
- 15 June - James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley, peer.
- 4 October - Edward Hudson, dentist (b.1743).
[edit] Full date unknown
- John Barrett, clergyman and Hebrew scholar (b.1753).
