1829 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- 13 April - Catholic Emancipation Act becomes law, thanks to Daniel O'Connell and the Catholic Association[1].
[edit] Births
- 16 February - Matthew Cooke, economic entomologist in California (d.1887).
- 10 May - John Joseph Hogan, first Bishop of the Dioceses of Saint Joseph, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri (d.1913).
- 15 May - Alexander Martin Sullivan, journalist, politician and lawyer (d.1884).
- 3 August - Henry Benedict Medlicott, geologist (d.1905).
- 5 August - William Coffey, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, the Crimea (d.1875).
- 20 November - Charles Graham Halpine, journalist, editor and author (d.1868).
- 29 December - Ulick Joseph Bourke, scholar and writer who founded the Gaelic Union (d.1887).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, scholar and educator (d.1913).
- Thomas Henry Burke, Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office, assassinated in the Phoenix Park Murders (d.1882).[2]
- James Owens, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1854 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea (d.1901).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds) (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press, p 255.
- ^ Thomas Burke : Oxford Biography Index entry

