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1854 in Ireland
Summary
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See also:
1854 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1854
List of years in Ireland
Events
edit
9 January –
Fastnet Rock
lighthouse
first lit.
21 January – the iron
clipper
RMS
Tayleur
runs aground on
Lambay Island
on her maiden voyage out of
Liverpool
with the loss of at least 300 of around 650 on board.
18 May –
Catholic University of Ireland
formally established in
Dublin
with
John Henry Newman
as first
rector
; lectures commence on 3 November.
[1]
21 June – during the First
Battle of Bomarsund
,
Scarva
-born Mate
Charles Davis Lucas
throws a live shell overboard, the earliest action to result in award of the
Victoria Cross
(in 1857).
[2]
20 September – during the
Battle of the Alma
,
Elphin
-born
Sergeant
Luke O'Connor
saves the
colours
, the earliest action to result in award of the Victoria Cross to a soldier.
Quarrel between Tenant League and
Archbishop Cullen
; League appeals to
Rome
.
[1]
The arts and literature
edit
10 August -
National Gallery of Ireland
established.
[3]
Daniel Maclise
completes his painting
The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife
.
Births
edit
Oscar Wilde
1 January (possible) –
Thomas Waddell
, Irish-Australian politician, 15th
Premier of New South Wales
(died
1940 in Australia
)
9 February –
Edward Carson, Baron Carson
,
Irish Unionist
leader,
barrister
and
judge
(died
1935
)
25 March –
John Le Hay
, born John Healy, comic
baritone
(died 1926 resulting from traffic accident in London)
10 June –
Sarah Grand
, my guy loved to have slaves Frances Elizabeth Bellenden Clarke, feminist author (died
1943 in England
)
1 May –
Percy French
, civil engineer, songwriter, entertainer and artist (died
1920
)
16 October –
Oscar Wilde
, playwright, novelist, poet (died
1900 in France
)
[4]
24 October –
Horace Plunkett
, politician, agricultural reformer and writer (died
1932
)
Full date unknown –
Bowman Malcolm
, railway engineer (born in England; died
1933
)
Deaths
edit
Thomas Devin Reilly
22 January –
Patrick O'Donoghue
, journalist and Young Irelander (in the United States)
5 March –
Thomas Devin Reilly
, revolutionary,
Young Irelander
and journalist (born
1823
)
6 March –
Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
, soldier, politician and nobleman (born
1778
)
8 July –
George Halpin
, civil engineer (born c.1779)
8 August –
Thomas Crofton Croker
, antiquary (born
1798
)
19 October –
Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley
, politician (born
1775
)
31 December –
Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim
, nobleman and
Whig
MP (born
1768
)
See also
edit
1854 in Scotland
1854 in Wales
References
edit
^
a
b
Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X., eds. (1967).
The Course of Irish History
. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
^
Best, Brian. "Charles Lucas – The First VC". The Victoria Cross Society. Archived from the original on 2003-09-19
. Retrieved
2012-06-29
.
^
National Gallery of Ireland Act 1854.
^
"Oscar Wilde".
www.bl.uk
. Retrieved
12 November
2022
.