Ireland

1831

Jeremiah ODonovan Rossa, Fenian, is born in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork

Ireland

Jeremiah ODonovan Rossa, Fenian, is born in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork. This September 10, 1831 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.

1831

30,000 punds is allocated to establish national system of elementary education in Ireland

Ireland

30,000 punds is allocated to establish national system of elementary education in Ireland. This September 9, 1831 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.

1831

Birth in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork of Jeremiah ODonovan Rossa, one of the founders of the Fenian Brotherhood

Ireland

Birth in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork of Jeremiah ODonovan Rossa, one of the founders of the Fenian Brotherhood. This September 6, 1831 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected …

1831

In the tithe war, yeomen kill up to 14 people at Newtownbarry, Co. Wexford

Ireland

In the tithe war, yeomen kill up to 14 people at Newtownbarry, Co. Wexford. This June 18, 1831 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.

1831

James Clerk Maxwell, first Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge University, born

Ireland

James Clerk Maxwell, first Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge University, born. This June 13, 1831 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.

1831

Arthur Kavanagh, politician and progressive landlord, is born in Borris, Co. Carlow

Ireland

Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh (25 March 1831 – 25 December 1889) was an Irish politician. His middle name is spelled MacMorrough in some contemporaneous sources. Arthur MacMurrough …

1831

Philip Sheridan, US Union General in the American Civil War, is born

Ireland

Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. Sheridan was born in Albany, New York, …

1831

120 police move in to Graiguenamanagh to seize cattle in payment of the tithe

Ireland

The Tithe War (Irish: Cogadh na nDeachúna) was a campaign of mainly nonviolent civil disobedience, punctuated by sporadic violent episodes, in Ireland between 1830 and 1836 in …

1831

Edmund Hogan, Jesuit and scholar, is born in Cork

Ireland

Edmund Ignatius Hogan S.J. (23 January 1831 – 26 November 1917) was an Irish Jesuit scholar. Hogan was born at Belvelly near Cobh, County Cork on 23 January 1831, the youngest son …

1831

Daniel O’Connell is convicted of conspiracy

Ireland

Daniel O’Connell, the prominent Irish political leader and campaigner for Catholic emancipation and Irish civil rights, faced various legal challenges and convictions during …

1832

Stopford Brooke, born near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria, writer and literary critic

Ireland

Stopford Brooke, born on November 14, 1832, in the rectory of Glendoen, near Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland, and he was an Irish churchman, royal chaplain and writer. He was …

1832

Charles Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Killowen, lawyer and Lord Chief Justice of England, is born in Newry, Co. Down

Ireland

Charles Arthur Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, GCMG, PC (10 November 1832 – 10 August 1900) was an Irish statesman of the 19th century, and Lord Chief Justice of England. He …