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1838 In Ireland
Events from the year 1838 in Ireland. Events *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. *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. *Foundation of a temperance society in Cork known as the Knights of Father Mathew by Theobald Mathew, a capuchin friar. Births *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 June – Daniel O'Reilly, U.S. Repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddle Steamer
A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses were wheelers driven by animals or humans. In the early 19th century, paddle wheels were the predominant way of propulsion for steam-powered boats. In the late 19th century, paddle propulsion was largely superseded by the screw propeller and other marine propulsion systems that have a higher efficiency, especially in rough or open water. Paddle wheels continue to be used by small, pedal-powered paddle boats and by some ships that operate tourist voyages. The latter are often powered by diesel engines. Paddle wheels The paddle wheel is a large steel framework wheel. The outer edge of the wheel is fitted with numerous, regularly spaced paddle blades (called floats or buckets). The bottom quarter or so of the wheel travels under water. An e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1865 In Ireland
Events from the year 1865 in Ireland. Events *23 July – the sets out from Valentia Island on the first attempt to lay the transatlantic telegraph cable. *Work begins on the building of the Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast, as a memorial to Queen Victoria's late Prince Consort, Prince Albert. Arts and literature *9 May – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures opens in Dublin. *23 December – Gustavus Vaughan Brooke concludes a farewell season in Belfast, playing the title role in ''Richard III''. * Augustus Burke paints ''Connemara Girl''. *Samuel Ferguson publishes his collected poems ''Lays of the Western Gael''. Deaths *6 February – Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, astronomer (died 1939). *16 March – Patsy Donovan, Major League Baseball player and manager (died 1953 in the United States). *17 March – Patrick Joseph Sullivan, mayor of Casper, Wyoming and Republican member of the United States Senate from Wyoming (died 1935 in the United States). *20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 In Ireland
Events from the year 1891 in Ireland. Events *March – Anti- Parnellites form the Irish National Federation and win seats in Sligo and Carlow. *June – Charles Stewart Parnell marries Kitty O'Shea in Sussex. *6 October – Charles Stewart Parnell dies. Up to 200,000 people attend the funeral of the 'Uncrowned King of Ireland.' * The Balfour Land Act makes more funds available for land purchase and sets up the Congested Districts Board for Ireland. * The '' Irish Daily Independent'' newspaper is founded. It becomes the ''Irish Independent'' in 1905. * James Stephens, founder of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, returns home to Ireland after 25 years in exile. * Michael Davitt, standing as an anti-Parnellite candidate, is defeated by John Redmond in a Waterford by-election. Arts and literature * April – Oscar Wilde publishes ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' in book form. * October – 9-year-old James Joyce writes a poem in memory of Parnell later entitled ''Et tu, Healy'' whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Nicholas Burke
Augustus Joseph Nicholas Burke (28 July 1838 – 1891) was an Irish artist and an Academician of the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA). Early life Burke was born into the Galway Burkes of Glinsk and was the sixth son of William Burke of Knocknagur, Tuam, Co. Galway. He was born at Waterslade House in the town. One of his brothers was Theobald Hubert Burke, 13th Baronet of Glinsk, while another brother was Thomas Henry Burke (Irish Politician), Thomas Henry Burke, Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office. Career He showed an early interest in drawing, displaying a love for depicting the people and land of Connemara. His career in the arts was initiated at the Royal Academy in London. He would exhibit at the Royal Academy and the Royal Hibernian Academy, from 1863 until his death, where he was also Professor of Painting. From 1870 to 1872 he resided in the Netherlands where he illustrated a handful of Dutch scenes. One of the earliest Irish artists to travel to Brittany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 In Ireland
Events from the year 1914 in Ireland. Events *17 January – Edward Carson inspects a parade of the East Belfast Regiment of the Ulster Volunteers. *20 February – the Fethard-on-Sea life-boat capsizes on service off the County Wexford coast: nine crew are lost. *26 February – , designed as the third and largest , is launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyards in Belfast. *1 March – three outbreaks of foot and mouth disease are confirmed in County Cork. *9 March – the British Prime Minister proposes to allow the Ulster counties to hold a vote on whether or not to join a Home Rule parliament in Dublin. *20 March – Curragh incident: British Army officers stationed at the Curragh Camp resign their commissions rather than be ordered to resist action by Unionist Ulster Volunteers if the Home Rule Bill is passed. The government backs down and they are reinstated. *2 April – Cumann na mBan, the Irish republican women's paramilitary organisation, is formed in Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel John Burke
John Timothy Burke (July 8, 1838 – June 23, 1914) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was court martialed for alleged cowardice at the Battle of Antietam and dismissed from the army. Burke was born in Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland. He emigrated to the United States and settled in Oswego, New York. At the start of the war, Burke was the lieutenant colonel of the 37th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 37th New York Infantry Regiment or the Irish Rifles was formed accepted by the State on May 25, 1861, and organized in New York City. The regiment mustered in the service of the United States on June 6 and 7, 1861 for two years of service t ... "The Irish Rifles". During the Peninsula Campaign, he was wounded in the first of the Seven Days Battles on June 25, 1862, at Oak Grove. By the Maryland Campaign in September 1862, he had become the colonel of the 63rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment in "The Irish Brigade". Duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 In Ireland
Events from the year 1935 in Ireland. Incumbents * Governor-General of the Irish Free State, Governor-General: Domhnall Ua Buachalla * President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, President of the Executive Council: Éamon de Valera (Fianna Fáil, FF) Events *3 January – an Anglo-Irish Coal-Cattle Pact is signed between the governments of Britain and the Irish Free State. *20 January – forty men from the Connemara Gaeltacht travel to County Meath to inspect the area which is to be settled by residents of the Gaeltacht. *27 January – relics and souvenirs of the 1916 Easter Rising arrive at the National Museum of Ireland, National Museum. *19 February – workmen unearth a statue of Jesus during excavations for road making in County Clare. *28 February – the Criminal Law Amendment Act deals with various Sex and the law, sexual offences. Section 17 explicitly makes the import or sale of Contraception in the Republic of Ireland, contraceptive devices illegal. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Robinson (gardener)
William Robinson (5 July 1838 – 17 May 1935) was an Irish practical gardener and journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement that led to the popularising of the English cottage garden, a parallel to the search for honest simplicity and vernacular style of the British Arts and Crafts movement, and were important in promoting the woodland garden. Robinson is credited as an early practitioner of the mixed herbaceous border of hardy perennial plants, a champion too of the "wild garden", who vanquished the high Victorian pattern garden of planted-out bedding schemes. Robinson's new approach to gardening gained popularity through his magazines and several books—particularly ''The Wild Garden'', illustrated by Alfred Parsons (artist), Alfred Parsons, and ''The English Flower Garden''. Robinson advocated more natural and less formal-looking plantings of hardy perennials, shrubs, and vine, climbers, and reacted against the High Victorian era, Victorian patte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
