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1838 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1838 in Ireland
.
←
1837
1836
1835
1834
1833
1838
in
Ireland
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1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
Centuries:
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
Decades:
1810s
1820s
1830s
1840s
1850s
See also:
1838 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1838
List of years in Ireland
Events
edit
4–22 April – the
paddle steamer
SS
Sirius
(1837)
makes the
Transatlantic Crossing
to
New York
from
Cork
in eighteen days, though not using steam continuously.
[1]
15 August – following a year of widespread hunger the government institutes relief work and reduces the
tithe
rent for the poor by the Poor Law and Tithe Acts.
[2]
Foundation of a
temperance society
in
Cork
known as the
Knights of Father Mathew
by
Theobald Mathew
, a
capuchin
friar.
Births
edit
January –
Richard W. Dowling
, victorious commander at the
Second Battle of Sabine Pass
in the
American Civil War
(died
1867
).
2 February –
Nathaniel Burslem
, soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry in 1860 at the
Taku Forts
, China (died
1865
).
13 February –
Michael Sullivan
, physician, professor and politician in Canada (died
1915
).
26 March –
William Edward Hartpole Lecky
, historian (died
1903 in England
).
[3]
3 June –
Daniel O'Reilly
,
U.S. Representative
from
New York
(died
1911
).
5 July –
William Robinson
, gardener (died
1935
).
8 July –
Colonel John Burke
, soldier in America (died
1914
).
28 July –
Augustus Nicholas Burke
, artist (died
1891
).
[4]
24 August –
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn
, politician and diplomat (died
1913
).
[5]
11 September –
John Ireland
, third
bishop
and first
Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
(died
1918
).
18 September –
Sir Thomas Drew
, architect, first designer of
St Anne's Cathedral
(died
1910
).
[6]
1 November –
Anthony Traill
, provost of
Trinity College Dublin
(died
1914
).
18 December –
Michael Thomas Stenson
, politician in Canada (died
1912
).
Full date unknown
James Gildea
, soldier and philanthropist, founded the
Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association
(died
1920
).
John Philip Nolan
, soldier, landowner and politician (died
1912
).
Dudley Stagpoole
, soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry in 1863 near Poutoko in Taranaki, New Zealand (died
1911
).
Deaths
edit
Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin
, author, teacher, draper and politician (born
1780
).
See also
edit
1838 in Scotland
1838 in Wales
References
edit
^
"Steamship Curaçao". Archived from the original on 24 December 2010
. Retrieved
2011-02-02
.
^
Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967).
The Course of Irish History
. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 375.
^
"William Edward Hartpole Lecky | Irish historian".
Encyclopedia Britannica
. Retrieved
15 February
2021
.
^
Augustus Burke – Artnet
^
ABERCORN: James Hamilton
[
permanent dead link
]
^
Thomas Drew – Dictionary of Irish Architects