Ireland

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Visit of George IV to Edinburgh began, orchestrated by Sir Walter Scott.

ireland

Birth in Dublin of Richard DAlton Williams. He is educated at Carlow Academy and studies medicine at Saint Vincents Hospital, Dublin. He becomes a member of the Young Ireland movement and contributes poetry to The Nation under the pseudonym Shamrock.

ireland

The Theatre Royal in Dublin opens

ireland

Richard Boyle, civil engineer, is born in Dublin

ireland

Thomas Clark Luby, co-founder of the Fenian Brotherhood, is born

ireland

Irish Constabulary Act sets up county police forces and salaried magistracy

ireland

George IV begins his visit to Ireland; he is received enthusiastically by O'Connell and others

ireland

17 people are burned to death in a house in Tubber, Co. Tipperary, probably by Rockite agitators

ireland