1811 in Ireland
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Template:YearInIrelandNav Events from the year 1811 in Ireland.
Events
- Kildare Place Society (formally, The Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in Ireland) founded as a non-denominational organisation by a group of Dublin philanthropists.[1][2]
- The Missionary: An Indian Tale, a romance novela by Irish author Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan) is published.[3]
- 4 December – Royal Navy frigate Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". is driven in a gale onto rocks in Lough Swilly with no survivors from the estimated 253 aboard.[4]
Arts and literature
- James Sheridan Knowles' play Brian Boroihme; or, The Maid of Erin is performed in Belfast.
Births
- 21 January – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, politician and twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1885).
- 10 March – Yankee Sullivan, bare knuckle fighter and boxer (died 1856).
- 11 March – Lady Katherine Sophia Kane née Baily, botanist (died 1886).
- 11 November – John Egan, businessman and politician in Ottawa (died 1857).
- Full date unknown
- Patrick Murray, theologian (died 1882).
Deaths
- Robert Brooke, soldier, Governor of St Helena (born 1744).
See also
References
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