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Events from the year 1851 in Ireland.
Surviving 1851 Census Returns of Ireland
Events
* 30 March – theUnited Kingdom Census
Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 (during the Second World War), Ireland in 1921/Northern Ireland in 1931,https://www.nisra.gov. ...
shows that, as part of the legacy of the Great Famine, the population of Ireland has fallen to 6,575,000 – a drop of 1,600,000 in ten years. This is the first census to note use of the Irish language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...
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* 1 August – Midland Great Western Railway extended from Mullingar to Galway.
* 7 August – Poor Relief (Ireland) Act provides for the establishment of dispensaries.
* Construction of MacNeill's Egyptian Arch
Macneill's Egyptian Arch is a Bridge, railway bridge in Newry, Northern Ireland. Construction was completed in 1851 for the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company and was the result of collaboration ...
, a railway bridge near Newry on the Dublin-Belfast railway line is completed.
* Tillie and Henderson open their first shirt factory in Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...
.
Unknown date
* Jacob's brand of biscuits, bars and coffee is founded; their first biscuit is possibly Goldgrain.
Births
*8 January – William McDonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim, peer (died1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
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*14 March – Paddy Ryan, boxer (died 1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...
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*17 March – Ted Sullivan, Major League Baseball player and manager (died 1929 in the United States
Events from the year 1929 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal Government
* President: Calvin Coolidge ( R-Massachusetts) (until March 4), Herbert Hoover ( R-California) (starting March 4)
* Vice President: Charles G. Dawes ( R-Illinois ...
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*21 March – Henry Prittie, 4th Baron Dunalley, peer and Lord Lieutenant of County Tipperary
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of County Tipperary between 1831 and 1922.
There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was r ...
1905–1922 (died 1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
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*4 April – James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, lawyer, Lord Chancellor of Ireland
The Lord High Chancellor of Ireland (commonly known as Lord Chancellor of Ireland) was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801, it was also the highest political office of ...
, first Chairman of Seanad Éireann (died 1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
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*22 May – William Moxley, representative from Illinois's 6th congressional district
Illinois's 6th congressional district covers parts of Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties. It is represented by Democrat Sean Casten since 2019.
Geographic boundaries 2011 redistricting
As of the 2011 redistricting which followed ...
(died 1938 in the United states
Events from the year 1938 in the United States.
Incumbents Federal Government
* President: Franklin D. Roosevelt ( D-New York)
* Vice President: John Nance Garner ( D-Texas)
* Chief Justice: Charles Evans Hughes (New York)
* Speaker of the ...
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*4 September – John Dillon
John Dillon (4 September 1851 – 4 August 1927) was an Irish politician from Dublin, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for over 35 years and was the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. By political disposition Dillon was an a ...
, land reform agitator, Irish Home Rule
The Irish Home Rule movement was a movement that campaigned for Devolution, self-government (or "home rule") for Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was the dominant political movement of Irish nationalism from 1 ...
activist, nationalist politician, MP and last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party (died 1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
* ...
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*3 December – George Noble Plunkett, nationalist, politician, museum curator (died 1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
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Deaths
*23 May – Richard Lalor Sheil, politician, writer and orator (born1791
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Austrian composer Joseph Haydn arrives in England, to perform a series of concerts.
* January 2 – Northwest Indian War: Big Bottom Massacre – The war begins in the Ohio Country ...
).
*1 September – Anne Devlin, Irish republican and housekeeper to Robert Emmet (born 1780
Events
January–March
* January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet.
* February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to allow ...
).
Census
Surviving 1851 Census Returns of Ireland
References
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