Events from the year 1793 in Ireland.

Incumbent

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Events

*January – delegates of the Catholic Convention, including

Wolfe Tone Theobald Wolfe Tone, posthumously known as Wolfe Tone ( ga, Bhulbh Teón; 20 June 176319 November 1798), was a leading Irish revolutionary figure and one of the founding members in Belfast and Dublin of the United Irishmen, a republican socie ...

and Christopher Dillon Bellew, present a petition in favour of

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to King

and his

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, Henry Dundas, in person and are favourably received. *April **

Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793 The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793 (33 Geo. III, c.21) is an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, relieving Roman Catholics of certain political, educational, and economic disabilities. The Act was introduced by the Chief Secretary for Ireland, ...

relieves

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of certain political, educational and economic disabilities: they may now vote, enter the legal professions and hold certain public offices. They are also, under the Militia Act of 1793, permitted to

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; and both Roman Catholics and Protestant Dissenters are permitted to enter

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(but the Catholic Church generally dissuades the former from doing so). Any man renting or owning land worth at least forty

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s (the equivalent of two

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), is granted the franchise, creating a class of Forty Shilling Freeholders. **Construction commences on the first bridge across the

River Suir The River Suir ( ; ga, an tSiúr or ''Abhainn na Siúire'' ) is a river in Ireland that flows into the Atlantic Ocean through Waterford after a distance of . The catchment area of the Suir is 3,610 km2.

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, built by the

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Lemuel Cox in wood. *Gunpowder Act and Convention Act effectively bring an end to the

Irish Volunteers The Irish Volunteers ( ga, Óglaigh na hÉireann), sometimes called the Irish Volunteer Force or Irish Volunteer Army, was a military organisation established in 1913 by Irish nationalists and republicans. It was ostensibly formed in respon ...

. *

83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot The 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, which was formed in Ireland in 1793 for service in the French Revolutionary Wars. The regiment served in the West Indies, South Africa and the Peninsular War, ...

raised for service in the

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by Colonel William Fitch. *

Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford The Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore located in Barronstrand Street, Waterford City, Ireland. The cathedral is the oldest post-Reformation Catholic cathedral in ...

, the oldest Catholic cathedral in Ireland, is built. *

Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh Roderick O'Flaherty ( ga, Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh; 1629–1718 or 1716) was an Irish historian. Biography He was born in County Galway and inherited Moycullen Castle and estate. O'Flaherty was the last ''de jure'' Lord of Iar Connacht, ...

(Roderic O'Flaherty)'s semi-mythical history of Ireland, ''Ogygia: seu Rerum Hibernicarum Chronologia & etc.'' (

1685 Events January–March * January 6 – American-born British citizen Elihu Yale, for whom Yale University in the U.S. is named, completes his term as the first leader of the Madras Presidency in India, administering the colony ...

), is for the first time translated into English (by Rev. James Hely) and published as ''Ogygia, or a Chronological account of Irish Events, collected from Very Ancient Documents faithfully compared with each other & supported by the Genealogical & Chronological Aid of the Sacred and Profane Writings of the Globe''.

Births

*3 April –

Dionysius Lardner Professor Dionysius Lardner FRS FRSE (3 April 179329 April 1859) was an Irish scientific writer who popularised science and technology, and edited the 133-volume '' Cabinet Cyclopædia''. Early life in Dublin He was born in Dublin on 3 Apr ...

, scientific writer (died

1859 Events January–March * January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final ...

). *12 August –

James Muspratt James Muspratt (12 August 1793 – 4 May 1886) was a British chemical manufacturer who was the first to make alkali by the Leblanc process on a large scale in the United Kingdom. Early life James Muspratt was born in Dublin of English parent ...

, chemical manufacturer in Britain (died

1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

). *;Full date unknown *:* Andrew Clarke, soldier,

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(died

1847 Events January–March * January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government. * January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California. * January 16 – John C. Frémont ...

). *:*

John Benjamin Macneill Sir John Benjamin Macneill FRS (1793 – 2 March 1880) was an eminent Irish civil engineer of the 19th century, closely associated with Thomas Telford. His most notable projects were railway schemes in Ireland. Life He was born in Mountpleasant ...

, railway engineer (died

1880 Events January–March * January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. * January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. * February � ...

Deaths

Charlotte Brooke Charlotte Brooke ( – 1793), born in Rantavan, beside Mullagh in County Cavan, Ireland, was the author of ''Reliques of Irish Poetry'', a pioneering volume of poems collected by her in the Irish language, with facing translations. She was one ...

, writer (b.c1740). * Elizabeth Griffith, dramatist, writer and actress (b.c1727). *

Lucy Hartstonge Lucy Hartstonge (born Lucy Pery) was an Irish heiress and philanthropist who founded the first fever hospital in Ireland (located in the city of Limerick), in the late 18th century. Family Lucy Pery was born into one of Limerick city's most p ...

, philanthropist (b.c1722).

References

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