1808 in Ireland

none 1808 Events from the year 1808 in Ireland. Events 2 February – Daniel Delany, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, founds the Patrician Brothers. 15 February – laying of the foundation stone for Nelson's Pillar in Dublin 6 June – the Bank of Ireland moves its premises to the former Irish Houses of Parliament on College Green, Dublin. 12 July – Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley embarks troops at Cork to join the Peninsular War in Portugal.Norman Gash Norman Gash Wellesley, Arthur, first duke of Wellington (1769–1852) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29001 2012-10-12 10.1093/ref:odnb/29001 15 August – seven men, including Edmund Rice, take religious promises under John Power, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, as the Presentation Brothers.Normoyle M. C. A Tree is Planted: the Life and Times of Edmund Rice Congregation of Christian Brothers 1976 71 22 August – the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne in Cork is dedicated.August 1808 http://www.corkcathedral.ie/history/j/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=22&Itemid=20 Cathedral Parish Cork 2012-07-17February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Arts and literature Mary Leadbeater's Poems published. Rev. Charles Maturin's novel The Wild Irish Boy published under the pseudonym Dennis Jasper Murphy. Thomas Moore's A Selection of Irish Melodies (first two volumes) published. Births 15 May – Michael William Balfe, composer (died 1870). Anne Elizabeth Ball, phycologist (died 1872). Joseph Francis Olliffe, physician (died 1869). Deaths 10 February – Hugh Douglas Hamilton, artist (b. c1734). 30 September – Peter Russell, gambler, government official, politician and judge in Upper Canada (born 1733). See also 1808 in Scotland 1808 in Wales References 1808 Category:1800s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 19th century in Ireland