1860 in Ireland

1860
in
Ireland

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
See also: 1860 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1860
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1860 in Ireland.

Events

  • 25 February – £11,000 collected at church doors in Dublin to finance the Pope's defence against the Risorgimento in Italy; £80,000 collected nationwide (the equivalent of several millions of modern-day Euros).[1]
  • 28 August – Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment (Ireland) Act 1860 ("Deasy's Land Act"),[2] intended to reform tenants' rights.
  • September – Myles O'Reilly's "Battalion of St Patrick" assist in the unsuccessful defence of Spoleto against the Risorgimento.
  • 3 November – The Catholic Ballaghaderreen Cathedral is consecrated and opened.
  • 11 November – Kildare Street Club, Dublin, destroyed by fire.
  • 21–23 November – Partry evictions, County Mayo: 68 families turned out of their houses by Thomas Plunket, Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam.[1]
  • Construction begins on the Roman Catholic church that will become St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast.

Arts and literature

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Doherty, J. E.; Hickey, D. J. (1989). A Chronology of Irish History since 1500. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. pp. 138. ISBN 0-7171-1634-4.
  2. Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 377.
  3. Parkin, Andrew, ed. (1987). Selected Plays - Dion Boucicault. Guernsey Press Co. p. 192.
  4. Mullen, Richard (1996). The Penguin Companion to Trollope. London: Penguin Books.
  5. Chambers' Book of Days
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