1856 in Ireland explained
Events from the year 1856 in Ireland.
Events
Births
- 14 February – Frank Harris, author, editor, journalist and publisher (died 1931).
- 20 March – John Lavery, artist (died 1941).
- 26 March – William Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1925 in New Zealand).
- 2 May – Matt Talbot, manual labourer and ascetic (died 1925).
- 26 July – George Bernard Shaw, playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) (died 1950).
- 18 August – Walter Richard Pollock Hamilton, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 at Futtehabad, Afghanistan (died 1879).
- 17 November – Thomas Taggart, politician in the United States (died 1929).
- 28 November – Patrick O'Donnell, Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (died 1927).
- 21 December
Deaths
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Ó. Ciosáin, Niall. Hutton, Clare. The history of the book in Ireland. The Book: A Global History. Suarez, Michael F.. Woudhuysen, H. R.. Oxford University Press. 2013. 978-0-19-967941-6. 323–4.
- News: St. Mel's Cathedral destroyed by fire. 25 December 2009. 2009-12-25. Longford Leader. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100117203358/http://www.longfordleader.ie/news/St-Mel39s-Cathedral-destroyed-by.5938801.jp. 2010-01-17.