1848 in Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 References

[edit] Events

• Thomas Francis Meagher flies the Irish Tricolour in Waterford, the first recorded usage of the flag which is now the national flag of the Republic of Ireland.
• 12 May - Kilkenny railway station opened.^[1]
• 22 July - Government suspends habeas corpus, thus Young Irelanders could be imprisoned on proclamation without trial.
• 29 July - Young Irelander Rebellion in County Tipperary unsuccessful.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Births

• 18 February - Samuel Jacob Jackson, politician in Canada (d.1942).
• 1 March - Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor (d.1907).
• 2 April - O'Moore Creagh, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 at Kam Dakka, Afghanistan (d.1923).
• 5 May - John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer, lawyer and politician in Canada (d.1914).
• 12 May - James E. Morin, merchant and politician in Ontario.
• 11 June - Reginald Clare Hart, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 in the Bazar Valley, Afghanistan (d.1931).
• 28 July - James Cooney, lawyer and Democratic politician in Missouri (d.1904).
• 10 August - William Harnett, painter (d.1892).
• 28 August - Francis O'Neill, police officer in America and collector of Irish traditional music (d.1936).
• 4 September - George Edward Dobson, zoologist, photographer and army surgeon (d.1895).
• 5 October - T. P. O'Connor, journalist and Member of Parliament (d.1929).

[edit] Deaths

• 10 April - William Quarter, first Roman Catholic bishop of Chicago (b.1806).
• 3 May - Cornelius Heeney, merchant and politician in America (b.1754).

[edit] References