1850 in Ireland

none 1850 Events from the year 1850 in Ireland. Events Ongoing – Great Famine subsides.David Ross 2002 Ireland: History of a Nation New New Lanark Geddes & Grosset 1842051644 313 registration https://archive.org/details/irelandhistoryof0000ross/page/313 31 March – the paddle steamer Royal Adelaide 1838, bound from Cork to London, sinks in the English Channel with the loss of all 250 on board.http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16085 Royal Adelaide (+1850) wrecksite 2011-08-18 October – Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum for Ireland opened in Dundrum, Dublin, the first secure hospital in Europe.Central Asylum, Dundrum Kings County Chronicle 1850-10-09 3 19 November – the barque Edmond sinks off Kilkee with the loss of 98 of the 216 aboard. Improved navigation of River Shannon throughout from Killaloe to Lough Key is completed.Ruth Delany A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways Belfast Appletree Press 1988 0-86281-200-3 129 The Encumbered Estates Commissioners sell off remaining Donegall estate properties in Belfast to the tenants.Moody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etal Crumlin Road Courthouse in Belfast is completed. Arts and literature Brian Mac Giolla Meidhre's poem Cúirt An Mheán Oíche is first published from the oral tradition in an edition by the scholar John O'Daly. Tara Brooch (c.700 AD) found near Laytown, County Meath. Sport 27 February – Abd El Kader wins the Aintree Grand National in England, having been trained at Dardistown Castle by his owner, Joe Osborne. Deaths 10 January – William Reid Clanny, physician and inventor of the Clanny safety lamp for miners (born 1770). 6 August – Windham Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, peer (born 1782). 13 August – Martin Archer Shee, painter (born 1769). 18 August – Charles Arbuthnot, Tory politician and member of the Privy Council (born 1767). 10 October – Jon Riley, deserter from United States Army, a founder of the San Patricios (born 1805). 29 December – William Hamilton Maxwell, novelist (born 1792). Births 25 April – William Melville, police officer and first chief of the British Secret Service (died 1918). 9 June – Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony, Nationalist politician, barrister and philanthropist (died 1930). 24 June – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British Field Marshal and statesman (drowned 1916). 17 July – Edmond Holmes, educationalist, writer on religion and poet (died 1936). 12 September – James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon, Deputy Lieutenant in Ireland (died 1924). 8 October – Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, Nationalist politician, barrister and journalist (died 1933). 22 December – Thomas O'Shaughnessy, lawyer and judge (died 1933). Full date unknown Thomas Lough, Liberal politician in Britain, Lord Lieutenant of Cavan (died 1922). Samuel Shumack, farmer and author in Australia (died 1940 in Australia). See also 1850 in Scotland 1850 in Wales References Category:1850s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 19th century in Ireland Ireland