|
|
Date
|
Event
|
Topics
|
| Details |
Jan 1, 1801 |
Union with Ireland takes effect by proclamation. George III is now called king of Great Britain (England and Scotland) and Ireland. |
*Ireland
*Scotland |
| Details |
July 23, 1803 |
Ireland: Abortive rising by Robert Emmett. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
Sept 20, 1803 |
Ireland: Robert Emmett executed. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1807 |
Thomas Moore, Irish Melodies. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
July 12, 1813 |
Ireland: First recorded "12th of July"; sectarian riots in Belfast. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1822 |
Ireland: Irish Constabulary Act establishes county police forces and salaried Magistracy. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1823 |
Ireland: Foundation of Catholic Association (dissolved and then reconstituted, 1825). |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1825 |
Ireland: Catholic pro-cathedral opened in Marlborough St., Dublin. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1828 |
Ireland: Daniel O'Connell elected MP for Clare. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1831 |
Ireland: start of "national" system of education. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1832 |
Ireland: Irish Reform Bill passes, increases Irish seats in Parliament from 100 to 105. The Irish Tithe Composition Act passes--permits commutation of tithe payments. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1833 |
Ireland: Irish Chruch Temporalities Act reorganizes the Church of Ireland. Irish Church Bill is introduced in Parliament--the bill would disestablish Irish churches. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1834 |
Ireland: Daniel O'Connell leads debate on Repeal of the Union. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1836 |
Ireland: Irish Constabulary Act expands salaried magistracy and centralized police force. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1837 |
Ireland: Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan) the first woman to receive a pension from the Irish government for writing. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1838 |
Ireland: Father Mathew founds Temperance movement. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1841 |
Ireland: Irish census puts population at 8 million. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1842 |
Ireland: The Nation starts publishing. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1843 |
Ireland: Authorities cancel repeat meeting at Clontarf. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1844 |
Ireland: Daniel O'Connell sentenced to 12 months in jail for conspiracy, but his conviction is overturned by the House of Lords. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1845 |
Ireland: potato famine; temporary repeal of the Corn Laws. |
*Ireland
*Corn Laws |
| Details |
1846 |
Ireland: Public Health Acts create public works and health measures to deal with suffering caused by Famine; Parliament chooses not to intervene in the Irish grain market; O'Connell and Young Ireland movement divided on whether or not to use violence. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1847 |
Ireland: Irish Confederation founded; Death of Daniel O'Connell. Parliament passes additional acts for relief. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1848 |
Ireland: John Mitchel founds United Irishman and is later convicted and sentence to transportation. William Smith O'Brien leads a failed rebellion on Ballingarry, County Tipperary. Many are sentenced to death for the uprising, but the sentences are commuted to transportation. |
*Ireland |
| Details |
1849 |
Ireland: Encumbered Estates Act allows mortgaged land to be sold through court proceedings; Callan, Co. Kilkenny, establishes first tenant protection society. |
*Ireland |
Previous
