1838 in Ireland

none 1838 Events from the year 1838 in Ireland. Events 4–22 April – the paddle steamer SS Sirius (1837) makes the Transatlantic Crossing to New York from Cork in eighteen days, though not using steam continuously.Steamship Curaçao http://www.vrcurassow.com/2dvrc/sscuracao/sscuracao.html 2011-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20101224202256/http://vrcurassow.com/2dvrc/sscuracao/sscuracao.html 24 December 2010 live 15 August – following a year of widespread hunger the government institutes relief work and reduces the tithe rent for the poor by the Poor Law and Tithe Acts.Moody, T. W. Martin, F. X. 1967 The Course of Irish History Mercier Press Cork 375 Foundation of a temperance society in Cork known as the Knights of Father Mathew by Theobald Mathew, a capuchin friar. Births January – Richard W. Dowling, victorious Confederate commander at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass in the American Civil War (died 1867 in the United States). 24 January – Ricard O'Sullivan Burke, nationalist, Fenian activist, Union soldier in the American Civil War, U.S. Republican Party campaigner and public works engineer (died 1922 in the United States). 2 February – Nathaniel Burslem, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1860 at the Taku Forts, China (died 1865). 13 February – Michael Sullivan, physician, professor and politician in Canada (died 1915). 26 March – William Edward Hartpole Lecky, historian (died 1903 in England).William Edward Hartpole Lecky Irish historian https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Edward-Hartpole-Lecky Encyclopedia Britannica 15 February 2021 en 3 June – Daniel O'Reilly, U.S. Representative from New York (died 1911 in the United States). 23 June – James Gildea, soldier and philanthropist, founder of the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association (died 1920). 5 July – William Robinson, gardener (died 1935). 8 July – John Burke, Union colonel in the American Civil War (died 1914 in the United States). 28 July – Augustus Nicholas Burke, artist (died 1891).Augustus Burke – Artnet 24 August – James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, politician and diplomat (died 1913).ABERCORN: James HamiltonFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 11 September – John Ireland, third bishop and first Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota (died 1918 in the United States). 18 September – Sir Thomas Drew, architect, first designer of St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast (died 1910).Thomas Drew – Dictionary of Irish Architects 1 November – Anthony Traill, provost of Trinity College Dublin (died 1914). 18 December – Michael Thomas Stenson, politician in Canada (died 1912). Full date unknown John Philip Nolan, soldier, landowner and politician (died 1912). Dudley Stagpoole, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1863 near Poutoko in Taranaki, New Zealand (died 1911 in England). Deaths Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin, author, teacher, draper and politician (born 1780). See also 1838 in Scotland 1838 in Wales References Category:Years of the 19th century in Ireland Category:1830s in Ireland Ireland Ireland