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  The House of Lords Rejects the Catholic Emancipation Bill Which Would Disenfranchise Irish Forty-Shilling Free-Holders and Put Clergy on State SalariesMay 18, 1825Ireland
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  Novelist R.M. Ballantyne, Who Wrote 90 Books, the Best Known of Which Was the Coral Island, Was Born in Edinburgh.April 24, 1825Scotland
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  Robert Byron (Later Lord Byron) Died at Missolinghi, Greece.April 19, 1825Ireland
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  Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Young Irelander, Journalist and Promoter of Canadian Federation, Is BornApril 13, 1825Ireland
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  Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Nationalist, Writer, and Canadian Politician, Born in Carlingford, Co. LouthApril 13, 1825Ireland
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  George MacDonald, Scottish Novelist Poet Creator of Childrens Fairy Stories BornDecember 10, 1824Scotland
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  Edinburghs Great Fire Began Destroying High Street, Parliament Square and the Tron KirkNovember 15, 1824Scotland
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  Sir Frederick Falkiner, Impoverished Former MP for Athy, Co. Dublin and Co. Carlow Commits Suicide in NaplesSeptember 14, 1824Ireland
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  Physicist and Mathematician, Sir William Thomson, First Baron Kelvin of Largs, Is Born in College Square East, BelfastJune 26, 1824Ireland
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  An Act Establishes Free Trade in Manufactured Articles Between Britain and IrelandApril 12, 1824Ireland
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  Thomas Devin Reilly, Journalist and Editor, Is Born in Co. MonaghanMarch 30, 1824Ireland
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  William Allingham, Poet and Diarist, Is Born in Ballyshannon, Co. DonegalMarch 19, 1824Ireland
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  Sara Atkinson, a Writer on Religious and Historical Subjects Is BornOctober 13, 1823Ireland
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  Kevin Izod ODoherty, Transportee, Physician and Politician, Is Born in DublinSeptember 7, 1823Ireland
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  Thomas Francis Meagher, BornAugust 3, 1823Ireland
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  Francis Fowke, BornJuly 7, 1823Ireland
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  John Kells Ingram, BornJuly 7, 1823Ireland
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  George and Robert Stephenson Open Their Locomotive Foundry in Newcastle Upon Tyne.June 23, 1823England
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  Charles Macintosh Patented the Waterproof Cloth He Was Using to Make Raincoats.June 17, 1823Ireland
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  Daniel O'Connell Founds the Catholic Association, an Organization Dedicated to Obtaining the Franchise for CatholicsMay 12, 1823Ireland
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  Caledonian Canal Opened.October 30, 1822Ireland
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  Birth in Dublin of Richard Dalton Williams.October 8, 1822Ireland
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  Visit of George IV to Edinburgh Began, Orchestrated by Sir Walter Scott.August 17, 1822Scotland
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  Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Commits Suicide by Cutting His Throat With a PenknifeAugust 12, 1822Ireland
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  Irish Constabulary Act Sets Up County Police Forces and Salaried MagistracyAugust 1, 1822Ireland
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  The Theatre Royal in Dublin OpensJuly 18, 1822Ireland
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  Sir Henry Raeburn, DiedJuly 8, 1822Scotland
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  Richard Boyle, Civil Engineer, Is Born in DublinMarch 14, 1822Ireland
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  Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, BornFebruary 21, 1822Ireland
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  James Thomson, Engineer, Is Born in BelfastFebruary 16, 1822Ireland
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  Thomas Clark Luby, Co-Founder of the Fenian Brotherhood, Is BornJanuary 16, 1822United States
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  17 People Are Burned to Death in a House in Tubber, Co. Tipperary, Probably by Rockite AgitatorsNovember 19, 1821Ireland
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  Death of John Rennie, Engineer Who Constructed the Crinan Canal.October 4, 1821Ireland
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  Patrick Moore, Confederate General, Is Born in GalwaySeptember 22, 1821Ireland
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  The Last Day of George IVs Visit to IrelandSeptember 3, 1821Ireland
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  George IV Begins His Visit to Ireland; He Is Received Enthusiastically by O'Connell and OthersAugust 12, 1821Ireland
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  F. an Uhel, Breton Writer and Ethnologist Was BornJune 6, 1821Ireland
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  Anna Maria O'Dell, Gives Birth to a Stillborn Child in the Marshalsea Debtors PrisonMay 19, 1821Ireland
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  Sir Richard Francis Burton, Adventurer, Writer, Swordsman, Scholar and Explorer, BornMarch 19, 1821England
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  Spanish General Diego O'Reilly Is Defeated by Peruvian RevolutionariesDecember 6, 1820Ireland
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  Arthur French, MP for Co. Roscommon, Dies of Excessive Fox-HuntingNovember 24, 1820Ireland
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  James Wilson - Scottish Patriot, DiedAugust 30, 1820Ireland
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  Donald Alexander Smithlater Lord Strathcona Born in Forres.August 6, 1820Ireland
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  John Tyndall, BornAugust 2, 1820Ireland
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  Michael Angelo Hayes, BornJuly 25, 1820Ireland
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  The Dublin Society Becomes the Royal Dublin SocietyJune 29, 1820Ireland
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  Robert Jocelyn, a Leader of the Orange Order, Is Alleged to Have Led an Attack on Catholic Homes in Dundalk.June 29, 1820Ireland
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  The Dublin Society for Improving Husbandry, Which Was Originally Founded on June 25 in 1731, Becomes the Royal Dublin Society on This DateJune 19, 1820Ireland
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  Henry Grattan, DiesJune 4, 1820Ireland
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  Robert O’Hara Burke, Explorer, Born in St. Cleran’s, Co. GalwayMay 6, 1820Ireland