1872 in Ireland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| ««« 1871 1870 1869 1868 1867 |
|
»»» 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 |
||||||
|
||||||||
Contents |
[edit] Events
- Ulster Hospital for Women and Sick Children is opened in Chichester Street, Belfast.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Sheridan Le Fanu publishes short-story collection In a Glass Darkly.
[edit] Sport
[edit] Births
- 14 February - Tom Ross, cricketer (d.1947).
- 31 March - Arthur Griffith, founder and third leader of Sinn Féin, served as President of Dáil Éireann (d.1922).
- 13 June - Blayney Hamilton, cricketer (d.1946).
- 16 July - George Henry Morris, soldier, first commanding officer to lead an Irish Guards battalion into battle, killed in action (d.1914).
- 23 July - John J. McGrath, Democrat U.S. Representative from California (d.1951).
- 13 August - Robert Johnston, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1899 at the Battle of Elandslaagte, South Africa (d.1950).
- 4 September - James Magee, cricketer (d.1949).
- 23 September - Dan Comyn, cricketer (d.1949).
- 13 November - John M. Lyle, architect in Canada (d.1945).
- 28 November - Ethel Hobday, pianist.
[edit] Full date unknown
- Patrick R. Chalmers, writer (d.1942).
- Joseph Devlin, Nationalist politician and MP in the British House of Commons and in Northern Ireland (d.1934).
[edit] Deaths
- 8 February - Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, statesman, three times Chief Secretary for Ireland, Viceroy of India, assassinated (b.1822).
- 1 June - Charles Lever, novelist (b.1806).
- 18 October - Michael O'Connor, first Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, first Catholic Bishop of Erie, Jesuit (b.1810).
- 23 November - Joseph Ward, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 at Gwalior, India (b.1832).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Robert Patterson, businessman and naturalist (b.1802).
