1825 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1825 in Ireland.

Events

• 9 March – the Unlawful Societies (Ireland) Act proscribes both the Catholic Association and the Orange Order.^{[1] [2]}
• May – the British Ordnance Survey begins its survey of Ireland.^[3]
• 27 June – the Excise Licences Act raises Irish excise licences to bring them in line with those of Great Britain.^[1]
• Foundation of the Provincial Bank of Ireland.
• Portlaw in County Waterford is established as a model village by the Malcomson family, Quaker cotton mill owners.
• Paddle steamers (Dasher and Arrow) first introduced on the Portpatrick to Donaghadee packet service.^{[4] [5]}
• Over 1,800 Irish residents leave Cork to emigrate to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, in a scheme administered by Canadian trader and politician Peter Robinson.

Arts and literature

• April – the first series of Tales by the O'Hara Family, by John and Michael Banim, is published.
• May – the Royal Hibernian Academy holds its first exhibition of art in Dublin.
• Thomas Crofton Croker publishes the first volumes of his Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland.^[1]
• Charles Maturin's novel Leixlip Castle is published posthumously.
• William Hamilton Maxwell's military adventure novel O'Hara is published.
• Sydney, Lady Morgan, publishes Absenteeism.

Births

• 26 January – James Stephens, founding member of the Fenian Brotherhood movement (died 1901).
• 13 April – D'Arcy McGee, journalist and politician in Canada (assassinated 1868).
• 16 May
  • Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare, peer (died 1905).
  • John McGovern, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Delhi, India (died 1888).
• 17 June – Richard Harte Keatinge, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 at Chundairee, India (died 1904).
• 4 November – Frederick Dobson Middleton, British Army general and commander of the Canadian Militia in the North-West Rebellion (died 1898).

Full date unknown

• William Dowling, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (died 1887).

• Myles O'Reilly, Catholic soldier and writer (died 1880).

Deaths

• 6 February – John Connolly, second bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York (born 1750).
• 22 August – Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore, politician (born 1756).
• John Templeton, naturalist and botanist (born 1766).

See also

• 1825 in Scotland
• 1825 in Wales

Notes and References

1. Book: Moody, T. W.. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. 1989. 978-0-19-821744-2. etal.
2. Web site: Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events. Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). 2010-01-28.
3. Book: Hewitt, Rachel. Rachel Hewitt

   . Rachel Hewitt. Map of a Nation: a biography of the Ordnance Survey. London. Granta. 2010. 2011. 978-1-84708-254-1. 246.

4. Web site: Portpatrick Harbour. Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 2014-10-04.
5. Web site: To Portpatrick. Donaghadee Historical Society. 2014-10-04. 2014-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142731/http://www.donaghadeehistoricalsociety.org.uk/#/to-portpatrick/4548241573. dead.