Celtic history archive
1856
Ireland
Joseph Timothy Haydn, (1788/1793–1856), newspaper editor and compiler of reference works, was born in Lisbon in 1788 or 1793, the son of Thomas Haydn, a protestant Irish …
1857
Ireland
Birth in Clogher House, Kilmore, Co. Roscommon of Thomas Heazle Parke, surgeon, military officer and author. Educated at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, he serves with the …
1857
Ireland
John Joly, geologist and physicist, is born in Co. Offaly. This November 1, 1857 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1857
Ireland
John Wilson Croker, a prominent politician, literary figure, and critic, passed away on August 10, 1857. Born in Galway, Ireland, on December 20, 1780, Croker was a significant …
1857
Ireland
Prof George Francis FitzGerald FRS FRSE (3 August 1851 – 22 February 1901) was an Irish academic and physicist who served as Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Natural and …
1857
Ireland
Start of trial for murder of Madeleine Smith who was eventually found Not Proven. This June 30, 1857 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1857
Ireland
Sir Thomas Myles CB FRCSI (20 April 1857—14 July 1937) was a prominent Irish home ruler and surgeon, involved in the importation of arms for the Irish Volunteers in 1914. Thomas …
1857
Ireland
William Henry Playfair FRSE (15 July 1790 – 19 March 1857) was a prominent Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of …
1858
Ireland
Edith Oenonne Somerville, novelist, born. This May 2, 1858 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1858
Ireland
James Stephens (Irish: Séamus Mac Stiofáin;[2] 26 January 1825 – 29 March 1901) was an Irish Republican, and the founding member of an originally unnamed revolutionary organisation …
1858
Ireland
Thomas James Clarke, a key figure in the Irish revolutionary movement, was born on March 11, 1858, on the Isle of Wight, England, to Irish parents. Clarke’s family had a …
1859
Ireland
David Livingstone discovered Lake Nyasa. This September 16, 1859 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.