Contents 1 Events 2 Births 2.1 Full date unknown 3 Deaths 3.1 Full date unknown 4 References

[edit] Events

• Quarrel between Tenant League and Archbishop Cullen; League appeals to Rome.^[1]
• Catholic University of Ireland founded; John Henry Cardinal Newman first rector.^[1]

[edit] Births

• 9 February - Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Irish Unionist leader, barrister and judge (d.1935).
• 1 May - Percy French, civil engineer, songwriter, entertainer and artist (d.1920).
• 16 October - Oscar Wilde, playwright, novelist, poet (d.1900).
• 24 October - Horace Curzon Plunkett, politician, agricultural reformer and writer (d.1932).

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• Laurence Ginnell, nationalist, lawyer and politician, member of 1st Dáil (d.1923).
• Bowman Malcolm, railway engineer (d.1933).

[edit] Deaths

• 5 March - Thomas Devin Reilly, revolutionary, Young Irelander and journalist (b.1823).
• 6 March - Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, soldier, politician and nobleman (b.1778).
• 8 August - Thomas Crofton Croker, antiquary (b.1798)
• 19 October - Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley, politician (b.1775).
• 31 December - Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, nobleman and Whig MP (b.1768).

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• Patrick O'Donoghue, journalist and Young Irelander.

[edit] References