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).
