1849 in Ireland

none November 2017 November 2017 1849 Events from the year 1849 in Ireland. Events 30–31 March – Doolough Tragedy: At least 16 died when hundreds of the destitute and starving were forced to make a fatiguing journey on foot to receive outdoor relief in County Mayo.Tales of the West of Ireland Horgan Gertrude M. 1967 Dufour Editions 39 9780851055022 https://books.google.com/books?id=vQQ0AAAAMAAJ&q=Doo+lough 2012-02-10 21 April – Great Famine: 96 inmates of the overcrowded Ballinrobe Union Workhouse died over the course of the preceding week from illness and other famine-related conditions, a record high. This year's potato crop again failed and there were renewed outbreaks of cholera.David Ross 2002 Ireland: History of a Nation New New Lanark Geddes & Grosset 1842051644 313 registration https://archive.org/details/irelandhistoryof0000ross/page/313 29 April – Brig Hannah carrying emigrants from Newry fleeing the Great Famine to Canada hit ice and sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and her senior officers abandoned the passengers to their fate. Around one-third of those on board, 49, died.Awful Wreck of an Emigrant Ship Armagh Guardian 4 June 1849 http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/hannah1849.htm 28 February 2011 4 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120204180708/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/hannah1849.htm dead 12 July – Dolly's Brae conflict: Up to 1,400 armed Orangemen marched from Rathfriland to Tollymore Park near Castlewellan, County Down. When 1,000 armed Ribbonmen gathered, shots were fired, Catholic homes were burnt and about eighty Catholics killed.Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/parade/chpa2.htm 28 January 2010 16 July – The Donaghadee to Portpatrick packet service was withdrawn.George Ayres History of the Mail Routes to Ireland until 1850 22 2–12 August – Queen Victoria undertook her first state visit to Ireland, visiting Cork, Dublin and Belfast,Queen Victoria in Ireland, August 1849 Sean Connolly http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/irishhistorylive/IrishHistoryResources/ArticlesandLectures/QueenVictoriainIrelandAugust1849/ Irish History Live Queen's University Belfast 2008 2012-08-05 landing on 3 August at Cobh (then spelt "Cove"), which was renamed Queenstown in her honour, and departing from Kingstown in Dublin. She officially opened Queen's Bridge in Belfast. 3 August – A statue of Queen Victoria was erected in her honour on the apex of the east gable of the Aula Maxima building at Queen's College, CorkScannell Patrick https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40748514.html Irish Examiner Cork In 50 Artworks, No 30: Statue of Queen Victoria at UCC 2021-11-22 2026-10-04 https://www.ucc.ie/en/heritage/collections/statue-patrick-j-scannell-queen-victoria.html ucc.ie University College Cork Statue, Patrick J. Scannell, 'Queen Victoria' 2022-01-01 2026-10-04Buckley Dan http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/a-queens-welcome-victorias-stormy-affair-with-ireland-123438.html Irish Examiner A Queen's Welcome: Victoria's Stormy Affair with Ireland 2010-06-26 2026-10-04 18 October – The Great Southern and Western Railway opened to Cork.Steaming into the Future http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography/transport/0-Transport/steaming-into-the-future/ Ask about Ireland 2013-01-05The Opening of the Mallow-Cork Railway 18th October 1849 Kevin Myers Mallow Field Club Journal 17 1999 20 October – The first issue of the Dundalk Democrat and People's Journal was published Clarke Frances https://www.dib.ie/biography/cartan-joseph-a1516 Royal Irish Academy Dictionary of Irish Biography 2009 10.3318/dib.001516.v1 Cartan, Joseph subscription free 7 November – Queen's College, Cork opened with its first lectures. https://www.ucc.ie/en/heritage/history/historical-events/some-facts-about-qcc/ ucc.ie University College Cork Some facts about Queen's College Cork 2026-04-21 2026-10-06 It had been established as one of three constituent colleges of the Queen's University in Ireland in 1845, to provide "non-denominational education at university level" (the other two colleges were situated in Belfast and Galway). Black Eileen https://irishmuseums.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Museum-Ireland-Vol-5-1995-Irish-Museums-Association.pdf Universitas: an exhibition celebrating 150 years of University College, Cork 5 irishmuseums.org Irish Museums Association / Cumann Mhúsaeim na hÉireann 1995-09-01 2026-10-06 67 0961 9690 Full date unknown Construction began on the 18-arch Craigmore Viaduct near Newry, on the Dublin-Belfast railway line (opened in 1852). George Boole was appointed as first professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Cork.http://www.bcri.ucc.ie/ Boole Centre for Research in Informatics 15 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20190816105620/http://www.bcri.ucc.ie/ 16 August 2019 dead William Thompson began publication (in London) of The Natural History of Ireland, with the first volume, on birds. Births 31 January – R. J. McMordie, solicitor, politician and Lord Mayor of Belfast (died 1914). 12 February – John Edward Robinson, Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church (died 1922). 18 May – John Clark, boxer (died 1922). 4 July – John Stanislaus Joyce, businessman, civil servant, and father of the writer James Joyce (died 1931). Joyce, John Stanislaus Peter Costello 2025-05-02 Dictionary of Irish Biography https://www.dib.ie/biography/joyce-john-stanislaus-a4369 9 July – Robert McCall, lawyer (died 1934). 1 August – William Larminie, poet and folklorist (died 1900). 16 August – James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington, businessman and philanthropist (died 1935). 24 October – Nugent Everard, soldier, Seanad member (died 1929). 19 November – James Mason, chess player and writer (died 1905). 12 December – Peter F. Collier, publisher (died 1909) Charles James O'Donnell, colonial administrator and MP (died 1934). Deaths 21 January – Anthony Manahan, businessman and politician in Upper Canada (born 1794). 26 January – Thomas Arbuthnot, British military officer (born 1776). 7 March – Maurice FitzGerald, 18th Knight of Kerry, Whig politician (born 1774). 27 March – Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, MP, Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada and Governor General of British North America (born 1776). 22 May – Maria Edgeworth, novelist (born 1767). 28 May – Joseph Blake, 3rd Baron Wallscourt, socialist (born 1797). 20 June – James Clarence Mangan, poet (born 1803) (cholera). September – Daniel Robertson, architect and garden designer (born c. 1770 in British North America). 27 December – James Fintan Lalor, revolutionary, journalist and writer (born 1807). References Category:1840s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 19th century in Ireland Ireland