1805 in Ireland

none October 2012 1805 thumb|1805 Irish penny, bearing George III's portrait. This is a list of events from the year 1805 in Ireland Events August – rebel leader Michael Dwyer, held without sentence in Kilmainham Gaol, is transported to Sydney (Australia), where he lands as a free settler in February 1806. 21 October – Battle of Trafalgar: a British Royal Navy fleet led by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain. Almost 4,000 of the 18,000 men on the British ships were born in Ireland.http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors/ Trafalgar ancestors The National Archives (United Kingdom) 2012-10-17 Publications Mary Tighe's poem Psyche, or the Legend of Love Births 2 January – John Hogan, businessman and United States Representative from Missouri (died 1892). 5 April – Samuel Forde, painter from Cork (died 1828). 4 August – William Rowan Hamilton, mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1865). 2 December - William Thompson, naturalist (died 1852). Full date unknown Jon Riley, deserter from United States Army, a founder of the San Patricios (died 1850). Anthony Coningham Sterling, British Army officer and historian (died 1871). Deaths 27 April – William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty, politician and statesman (born 1741). 7 May – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, British Whig statesman, Home Secretary in 1782 and Prime Minister 1782–1783 (born 1737). 18 June – Arthur Murphy, editor and writer (born 1727). 27 July – Brian Merriman, Irish language poet and teacher (b. c. 1749). August – John Talbot Dillon, traveller and historical writer (b. c. 1740). 8 December – Rose ffrench, 1st Baroness ffrench. See also 1805 in Scotland 1805 in Wales References 1805 Category:Years of the 19th century in Ireland Category:1800s in Ireland Ireland Ireland