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1759 In Ireland
Events from the year 1759 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George II Events *Restrictions on import of Irish cattle into England are removed. * Henry Flood enters the Parliament of Ireland as a member for Kilkenny. * Planned French Invasion of Britain: France considers offering the Kingdom of Ireland to a Stuart pretender. *Formation of the Irish Catholic Committee, of Dublin merchants and professionals loyal to the British monarchy. *31 December – Arthur Guinness leases the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin. Arts and literature *West front of Trinity College Dublin on College Green completed by architects Henry Keene and John Sanderson. Births *5 March – Thomas Bray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel (died 1820). *9 September – Hercules Taylour, soldier and politician (died 1790). * Adam Buck, miniaturist and portrait painter (died 1833 in London). * James Craig, politician (died 1833). * Charles Osborne, lawyer and politician (died 1817). *Approximate date ** Sir Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Monarch
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish McCal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bray (archbishop Of Cashel)
Thomas Bray D.D. (5 March 1749 – 15 December 1820) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Cashel from 1792 to 1820. Dr Bray was ordained to the priesthood on 22 May 1774 at Paris. Life Thomas Bray was born in Fethard, County Tipperary in 1749, to John and Margaret Power Bray. John Bray was a wine merchant. Margaret's brother, James, was a canon at Cassels in Flanders, who also served as chaplain to the French Ambassador at Rome. James owned property near Avignon and helped pay for the education of his sister's many children. Thomas Bray studied at Avignon, at the Collegio Urbano, and in Paris, where he was ordained in 1774. In 1779 he became a parish priest in Cashel; in 1782, he was appointed one of two vicar-generals for the Archdiocese of Cashel. In 1792, he was appointed to succeed James Butler II as Archbishop of Cashel. Bray used a bequest from Archbishop Butler to establish the Presentation convent in Thurles. In 1800, the Archbisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Philson
Robert Philson (c. 1759 – July 25, 1831) was an Irish-American soldier and politician. Philson was born in County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland, and immigrated to Pennsylvania with his uncle John Fletcher. They kept a store in Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. In 1794, Philson was arrested for his involvement in the Whiskey Rebellion. He was sent to Philadelphia for trial, but he and his co-defendant, Herman Husband, were acquitted.Wythe Holt,"The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794: A Democratic Working-Class Insurrection" Paper presented aThe Georgia Workshop in Early American History and Culture 2004, p. 79. Philson served as associate judge of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, for twenty years, and also served as a one-term congressman during the 16th United States Congress. Philson was commissioned a brigadier general of the Second Brigade, Tenth Division, Pennsylvania militia on May 9, 1800, a position he held during the War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1827 In Ireland
Events from the year 1827 in Ireland. Events *19–25 April – public theological debates in Dublin between Revs. R. T. P. Pope (Protestant) and Thomas Maguire (Roman Catholic). *6 September–October – Ordnance Survey staff survey a Lough Foyle baseline for their survey of Ireland. *24 September (Feast of Our Lady of Mercy) – Catherine McAuley opens an institution for destitute women and orphans and a school for the poor in Dublin. *The British Army establishes Beggars Bush Barracks. *Clonmel and Multyfarnham Friaries are re-established. *Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin begins his diary, later published as ''Cín Lae Amhlaoibh''. Arts and literature *Sydney, Lady Morgan, publishes her romantic novel with political overtones, ''The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys'', in London. Births *January – Bernard Diamond, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Bolandshahr, India (died 1892). *5 February – Peter Lalor, leader of the Eureka Stockade rebell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Galbraith, 1st Baronet
Sir James Galbraith, 1st Baronet ( – 30 April 1827) was an Irish politician. Biography Galbraith was the son of James Galbraith, of Derry, by Elizabeth Whitehill, daughter of John Whitehill, of Clagh, County Londonderry. He represented Augher in the Irish House of Commons between 1798 and 1800. In 1813 he was created a baronet, of Shanevalley in the County of Donegall.Burke's' (London, 1838, quoted) refers to the territorial designation In the United Kingdom, a territorial designation follows modern peerage titles, linking them to a specific place or places. It is also an integral part of all baronetcies. Within Scotland, a territorial designation proclaims a relationship with ... as "of Shanwally" whil''Debrett's Baronetage of England''(London, 1824) refers to it as "of Shanwally in the County of Donegal and of Castlefin in the County of Dublin". Galbraith married Rebecca Dorothea Hamilton, daughter and co-heir of John Hamilton, of Castlefin. They had five daughters. He d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1817 In Ireland
Events from the year 1817 in Ireland. Events *26 May – completion of Royal Canal throughout from Dublin to the River Shannon at Tarmonbarry. *31 May – first stone of new pier at the port of Dunleary is laid. *16 June – Poor Law Employment Act empowers the Lord Lieutenant to appoint commissioners of public works to supervise construction of public works to relieve unemployment financed by mortgages of rates. *17 June – first stone of Wellington Testimonial, Dublin, is laid in Phoenix Park. *11 July – an act to provide for the establishment of asylums for the lunatic poor in Ireland. *c. July – tradesman Jeffery Sedwards establishes the Skibbereen Abstinence Society, considered the first organisation devoted to teetotalism in Europe. *7 August – first stone of Wellington Column is laid in Trim, County Meath. *30 September – national fever committee appointed to distribute government relief to victims of the typhus epidemic (October 1816–December 1819). * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Osborne (politician)
Charles Osborne, MP (1760 – 5 September 1817), was an Irish politician and judge. Biography He was born in County Waterford, the fifth son of Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Christmas of Whitfield, daughter of Thomas Christmas. He sat as a member of parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Carysfort between 1790 and 1800. He went to school in Drogheda, and attended Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1780. He entered Lincoln's Inn and was called to the Bar in 1788, becoming King's Counsel in 1798. He was appointed a Commissioner for Revenue Appeals, and later standing counsel to the Revenue. After the Acts of Union 1800, which he supported, he was appointed a Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, serving from 1802 until 1817, being styled ''The Hon Mr Justice Osborne''. His political opponents said that his appointment was entirely due to his support for the Union, and that he lacked the requisite legal ability to be fit for judicial office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1833 In Ireland
Events from the year 1833 in Ireland. Events * August – Mount Melleray Abbey in the Knockmealdown Mountains is founded, the first Cistercian foundation in Ireland in modern times. * 10 August – major fire in stores of The Custom House, Dublin, sets River Liffey aflame. * 14 August – Church Temporalities Act 1833 suppresses ten bishoprics in the Church of Ireland, with dioceses to be merged as sees fall vacant, and provides for abolition of Vestry Assessment. * 28 August – the school which will evolve into Castleknock College is opened in Dublin by the Vincentian community. * Katherine Sophia Kane's ''The Irish Flora'' is published anonymously. Arts and literature * Early – Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, aged 14, makes his stage debut, at the Dublin Theatre, playing William Tell. Births *21 January – Joseph Prosser, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sevastopol, Crimea (died 1869). *8 February – Launt Thompson, sculptor (died 1894). *4 May – Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Craig (County Antrim, 19th Century)
James Craig (1759 – 1 June 1833) was an Irish Whig legislator who represented the constituency of Carrickfergus in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 31 March 1807 to 5 November 1812. A native of the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, James Craig was the only son and namesake of James Craig, also of Carrickfergus, and his wife, Jane, born in the Antrim townland of Prospect. In 1779 he was a young officer in the Irish Volunteers and, in 1792–93, a captain in the town's own force, the Carrickfergus True Blues. Also in 1792, he purchased the centuries-old local historical fortification of Scoutbush, having it renovated and established as his own family residence and, in approximately 1800, initiated the construction of another prestigious local house, Glyn Park. He unsuccessfully stood for local election in 1797, but ultimately, on 27 September 1802, gained the office of burgess. In the March 1807 by-election and the 29 April general election, he represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Buck
Adam Buck (1759–1833) was an Irish neo-classical portraitist and miniature painter and engraver (as was his brother Frederick) principally active in London. Life Buck was born in Castle Street, Cork. Becoming an accomplished miniaturist in the 1780s while still in Ireland, he made a permanent move to London in 1795 – his residences there included 174 Piccadilly (1795–8), Frith Street, Soho (1799–1802) and Bentinck Street (1813–20). His patrons included Angelica Catalani (an opera singer), JP Kemble, Sir Francis Burdett, Thomas Hope, George IV, the duke of York and his mistress Mary Anne Clarke. A major influence on Regency culture (producing plates of contemporary costume as well as genre pictures of family and classical scenes and illustrations for Laurence Sterne's '' Sentimental Journey''), he was himself much influenced by the Greek Revival (the furniture, vases - which he collected -, sculptures, costumes and even hairstyles in his works are all ancient Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1790 In Ireland
Events from the year 1790 in Ireland. Incumbents *Irish monarch, Monarch: George III Events *15 March – The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers' Society is established in Dublin; by the 21st century this will be the city's oldest surviving charity. *Armagh Observatory, founded by Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland), Archbishop of Armagh, begins to function. Arts and literature *Emo Court, near Emo, County Laois, is designed by James Gandon for John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington. Births *1 January – George Petrie (artist), George Petrie, painter, musician, antiquary and archaeologist (died 1866 in Ireland, 1866). *15 April – Theobald Jones, British Royal Navy officer, lichenologist and Unionist politician (died 1868 in Ireland, 1868). *June – Arthur Jacob, Ophthalmology, ophthalmologist (died 1874 in Ireland, 1874). *10 October – Father Theobald Mathew (temperance reformer), Theobald Mathew, Temperance movement, temperance reformer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercules Taylour
Major Hercules Langford Taylour (9 September 1759 – 20 May 1790) styled The Honourable from 1760, was an Irish soldier and politician. He was the second son of Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective and his wife Jane Rowley, daughter of Hercules Langford Rowley and Elizabeth Rowley, 1st Viscountess Langford. His older brother was Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort and his younger brothers were Robert Taylour and Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford. Taylour served in British Army and was major of the 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's). In 1781, he entered the Irish House of Commons for Kells, the same constituency his father had represented, and was Member of Parliament (MP) until his death in 1790. He never married nor sired any children. References 1759 births 1790 deaths 5th Dragoon Guards officers Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Meath constituencies Younger sons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
