1802 in Ireland

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Last updated September 02, 2024

Events

First Christian Brothers' school founded by Edmund Rice in Waterford.^[1]
Cork Fever Hospital and House of Recovery founded by Dr. John Milner Barry in Cork.^[2]
Linen Hall Library moves into permanent premises in the White Linen Hall in Belfast.
May – Amelia, commanded by William Proby, Lord Proby sails to Cork, Waterford and Dublin to land 150 discharged seaman.

Arts and literature

Henry Boyd completes the first full English translation of Dante's Divine Comedy.
A collection of Irish language religious verse by Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin (died 1795), Timothy O'Sullivan's Pious Miscellany, is published in Clonmel.

Births

18 April – Robert Patterson, businessman and naturalist (died 1872).
24 May – Robert Baldwin Sullivan, lawyer, judge, and politician in Canada, second Mayor of Toronto (died 1853).
12 December – Robert Templeton, naturalist, artist and entomologist (died 1892).
Juan Galindo, born John Galindo, fighter for Central American independence and explorer (killed in action 1839 in Honduras)

Deaths

28 January – Joseph Wall, army officer, colonial governor and murderer (born 1737)
2 February – Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore, politician and High Sheriff (born 1740).
30 March – Aedanus Burke, soldier, judge, and United States Representative from South Carolina (born 1743).
20 July – Isaac Barré, soldier and politician (born 1726).
24 October – John Ramage, artist (born 1748).

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References

↑ "Edmund Rice – The Man". edmundclt.org. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009.
↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Barry, John Milner". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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[1] "Edmund Rice – The Man". edmundclt.org. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009.

[2] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Barry, John Milner". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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