1825 in Ireland

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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]
• 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.^[3][4]
• 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

• 13 April - D'Arcy McGee, journalist, politician in Canada, assassinated (died 1868).
• 16 May - Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare, peer (died 1905).
• 16 May - 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 general noted for his service particularly 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 William Patrick 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).

References

1. Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
2. "Parades and Marches - Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 2010-01-28.
3. "Portpatrick Harbour". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
4. "To Portpatrick". Donaghadee Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-10-04.