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1840 In Ireland
Events from the year 1840 in Ireland. Events *10 January – Uniform Penny Post introduced. *1 April – Theatre Royal, Cork burns down. *19 May – foundation stone of the Roman Catholic St Mel's cathedral, Longford, is laid. *10 July – General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland established. *28 July – first permanent presence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ireland when Mormon missionaries John Taylor, William Black and James McGuffie arrive to work in the Newry, Lisburn and Belfast areas. On 31 July Thomas Tait becomes the first convert baptised in Ireland, at Loughbrickland. *The Palm House in Belfast Botanic Gardens is completed, constructed by Richard Turner of Dublin. It is one of the earliest examples of a curvilinear cast iron glasshouse in the world. *Bewley's established as tea and coffee importers. Arts and literature *Edward Bunting's ''The Ancient Music of Ireland'' is published, incorporating "A Dissertation on the Irish Harp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uniform Penny Post
The Uniform Penny Post was a component of the comprehensive reform of the Royal Mail, the UK's official postal service, that took place in the 19th century. The reforms were a government initiative to eradicate the abuse and corruption of the existing service. Under the reforms, the postal service became a government monopoly, but it also became more accessible to the British population at large through setting a charge of one pennyOne penny in 1840 is £ today. for carriage and delivery between any two places in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland irrespective of distance. Campaign for reform Richard Cobden and John Ramsey McCulloch, both advocates of free trade, attacked the Conservative government's policies of privilege and protection, including their archaic postal system. McCulloch, in 1833, advanced the view that "nothing contributes more to facilitate commerce than the safe, speedy and cheap conveyance of letters." The campaign for cheap postage was actuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Bunting
Edward Bunting (1773–1843) was an Irish musician and folk music collector. Life Bunting was born in County Armagh, Ireland. At the age of seven he was sent to study music at Drogheda and at eleven he was apprenticed to William Ware, organist at St. Anne's church in Belfast and lived with the family of Henry Joy McCracken. At nineteen he was engaged to transcribe music from oral-tradition harpists at the Belfast Harp Festival in 1792. As Bunting was a classically trained musician, he did not understand the unique characteristics of Irish music, such as modes, and when transcribing tunes he 'corrected' them according to Classical music rules. One proof of this is that some tunes published by him were in keys that could not have been played by the harpists. His notes on the harpists, how they played and the terminology they used is however invaluable, and also many tunes would have been lost if he had not collected them. Bunting's arrangement of the festival melodies for the pian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kelly-Kenny
General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny, (27 February 1840 – 26 December 1914) was a British Army general who served in the Second Boer War. Military and political career Thomas Kelly was born on 27 February 1840 in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, the fifth son of Matthew Kelly and Mary Kenny. He was educated as a lay student at St. Patrick's College, Carlow (University of London). He assumed in 1874 the additional name of Kenny, under the will of his maternal uncle, Dr. Mathias Kenny, a survivor of the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo. Kelly-Kenny was appointed ensign without purchase in the 1st Battalion, 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot on 2 February 1858 and was appointed to command the escort of General Sir James Jackson, General Officer Commanding Cape of Good Hope. When this officer was succeeded by General Wynward, Kelly-Kenny was appointed aide-de-camp (ADC). He resigned this post on the outbreak of war with China in 1860 and accompanied his regiment t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 In Ireland
Events from the year 1896 in Ireland. Events *February – the Broighter Gold hoard of prehistoric objects is discovered near Limavady by Tom Nicholl while ploughing. *16 May – the first electric tram runs on the Dublin tramways system. *May – James Connolly returns from Edinburgh to Ireland as paid organiser for the Dublin Socialist Club. He founds the Irish Republican Socialist Party. *28 March – Tom Gallaher incorporates the Gallaher tobacco business and opens the world's largest tobacco factory in Belfast. * John Dillon assumes the leadership of the anti-Parnellite wing of the Home Rule Party. * An extension is made to Arthur Balfour's Land Act. 1,500 bankrupt estates are made available for sale to tenants. * Ireland's first motor vehicle laws are introduced. * Restoration of the Church of Ireland's Kildare Cathedral is completed. Arts and literature *20 April – first cinema show in Ireland, at Dan Lowry's Star of Erin Variety Theatre in Dublin. *The lyrics of ''The Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pery, 3rd Earl Of Limerick
William Hale John Charles Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick, KP, PC, DL, JP (17 January 1840 – 8 August 1896), styled Viscount Glentworth until 1866, was an Irish peer and Conservative politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Lord Salisbury between 1889 and 1892 and again between 1895 and his death in 1896. In 1892 he was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick. Background Limerick was the son of William Pery, 2nd Earl of Limerick, by his first wife Susanna, daughter of William Sheaffe. His mother died when he was one year old.Profile: William Hale John Charles Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick thepeerage.com; Retrieved 1 April 2016. Political career Lord Limerick succeeded his father in the earldom in 1866 and took his seat on the |
1918 In Ireland
Events from the year 1918 in Ireland. Events *18 January – Count Plunkett, Seán T. O'Kelly and others protest at the forcible feeding of Sinn Féin prisoners in Mountjoy Prison. *5 February – is torpedoed off the Irish coast; it is the first ship carrying United States troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk. *1 March – Imperial German Navy U-boat SM ''U-19'' sinks off Rathlin Island. *2 March – In Skibbereen, County Cork, Ernest Blythe is arrested for non-compliance with a military rule directing him to reside in Ulster. *6 March – in the British House of Commons, tributes are paid to John Redmond, Irish Nationalist leader, who has died in London. *18 April – the Military Service Bill, which includes conscription in Ireland, becomes law. A conference of nationalist parties, Sinn Féin and labour movements meets in Dublin to organise an all-Ireland opposition to conscription. *20 April – the Irish Parliamentary Party holds a meeting in Dublin to oppose conscr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Arthur Blake
Sir Henry Arthur Blake (; 8January 184023February 1918) was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British colonial administrator and Governor of Hong Kong from 1898 to 1903. Early life, family and career Blake was born in Limerick, Ireland. He was the son of Peter Blake of Daly Castle, Corbally Castle (c. 1805 – bur. St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street, St. Ann's, Dublin, 19 November 1850), a Galway-born county Inspector of the Irish Constabulary, and wife (m. Mobarnan, County Tipperary) Jane Lane (Lanespark, County Tipperary, 5 March 1819 – ?), daughter of John Lane of Lanespark, County Tipperary, and paternal grandson of Peter Blake of Corbally Castle, County Galway (? – 1842, bur. Peter’s Well, County Galway) and wife (m. 14 May 1800) Mary Browne, daughter of The Hon. John Browne and wife Mary Cocks and paternal granddaughter of John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont, and wife Anne Gore. He was included among the descendants the Blakes of Corbally Castle, Kilmoylan, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 In Ireland
Events in 1909 in Ireland. Events * 31 October – The Royal University of Ireland was dissolved. * 14 December – Ernest Shackleton delivered a lecture entitled ''Nearest the South Pole'' in the large hall of the National University in Dublin. * 31 December – Harry Ferguson became the first person to fly an aircraft in Ireland, in a monoplane he designed and built himself. * The Mater Infirmorum Hospital in Belfast was officially recognised as a university teaching hospital. * Fieldwork for the multidisciplinary Clare Island Survey commenced under the direction of Robert Lloyd Praeger. Arts and literature * 1 April – Lennox Robinson's first play, ''The Cross Roads'', was performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin; he became the theatre manager later in the year. * 22 July – Widowed Irish painter John Lavery married Irish American painter Hazel Martyn. * 20 August – The tenor Enrico Caruso performed at the Theatre Royal in Dublin. * 20 December – The first dedicated c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Clogher
The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church. History Clogher is one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the Synod of Ráth Breasail in 1111 and consists of much of south west Ulster, taking in most of counties Fermanagh and Monaghan and parts of Tyrone, Cavan, Leitrim and Donegal. Frequently in the Irish annals the Bishop of Clogher was styled the ''Bishop of Oirialla''. Between c. 1140 to c. 1190, County Louth was transferred from the see of Armagh to the see of Clogher. During this period the Bishop of Clogher used the style ''Bishop of Louth''. The title ''Bishop of Clogher'' was resumed after 1193, when County Louth was restored to the see of Armagh. Present Ordinaries ;In the Church of Ireland The present Church of Ireland bishop is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Richard Owens
Richard Owens (4 January 1840 – 1909) was a Catholic priest in the Diocese of Clogher, Ireland. Dr. Owens was born in Clogher, County Tyrone. He was born at Aghavea on 4 January 1840; and educated at St Macartan's College, Monaghan and St Patrick's College, Maynooth. After curacies at Maguiresbridge and Donagh he was on the staff of St Patrick's, Maynooth. Later he served as Dean and Professor of Dogmatic Theology in Maynooth College. He was appointed the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher on 6 July 1894, following the death of his predecessor, James Donnelly. He was ordained that same year. Bishop Owens was a supporter of the Gaelic League and other Nationalist campaigns. He died in office in 1909 having served as bishop of his diocese for almost fifteen years. Owens was succeeded by as bishop by Patrick McKenna Patrick McKenna (born May 8, 1960) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Harold Green on the television series ''The Red Green Show' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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