1866 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- 14 October - St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast is dedicated, although the building is incomplete.
[edit] Births
- 5 February - Domhnall Ua Buachalla, member of 1st Dáil, Fianna Fáil TD, last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d.1963).
- February - Michael Egan, trade unionist, city councillor, and Cumann na nGaedheal TD (d.1947).
- 15 June - Charles Wood, composer (d.1926).
- 3 December - Ethna Carbery, writer and poet (d.1902).
- December - Thomas Byrne, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1898 at the Battle of Omdurman, Sudan (d.1944).
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- Éamon a Búrc, tailor and seanchaí (d.1942).
- Dora Sigerson Shorter, poet (d.1918).
- Bridget Sullivan, domestic housemaid for Borden family of Fall River, Massachusetts (d.1948).
[edit] Deaths
- 5 January - Augustus Warren Baldwin, naval officer and political figure in Upper Canada (b.1776).
- 4 March - Alexander Campbell, religious leader in Britain and the United States (b.1788).
- 26 October - John Kinder Labatt, brewer in Canada (b.1803).
- 26 October - Patrick McHale, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (b.1826).
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- Edward Eagar, lawyer and criminal transported to Australia, politician (b.1787).
- Francis Sylvester Mahony, humorist and poet (aka Father Prout), (b.1804).
