1831 in Ireland

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Last updated October 14, 2023

Events from the year 1831 in Ireland.

Events

January – agrarian unrest breaks out in counties Clare and Limerick.
February – at a public meeting in Maryborough, Queen's County, farmer Patrick "Patt" Lalor declares that he will no longer pay tithes.^[1]
3 March – the first clash of the Tithe War takes place at Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, when a force of 120 yeomanry tries to enforce seizure orders on cattle belonging to a Roman Catholic priest.
30 May – the first statistics for religion in Ireland are gathered in this year's Census. Around 80% of the population is Roman Catholic, 11% belong to the Church of Ireland and 8% (almost all in Ulster) are Presbyterian.^[2]
1 September – Zoological Gardens, Dublin, open.^[3]^[4]
Autumn – first Catholic mass said in the new Ballina Cathedral.
15 October – Board of Works formed as a department of state by merger of the Office of the Surveyor-General for Ireland, the Barracks Board, and the Navigation Board.^[5]
23 October – George Joseph Plunket Browne is consecrated as first Bishop of the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, created by the Holy See following abolition of the Wardenship of Galway (Edmund Ffrench being the last Warden).
7 November – Ralahine commune established at Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare.
14 December – the Carrickshock incident: Forty policemen confront a mob of over 2,000 in Carrickshock, County Kilkenny, protesting against the collection of tithes. Sixteen policemen are killed and seven wounded in the clash.^[6]
Sisters of Mercy established in Dublin by Catherine McAuley.
First of a series of annual meetings on prophecy at Powerscourt House which give rise to the Plymouth Brethren.
Stanley letter is written

Arts and literature

African American actor Ira Aldridge tours Ireland.
James Hardiman's Irish Minstrelsy, or Bardic remains of Ireland with English poetical translations published.

Births

22 January – Samuel Hill Lawrence, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (died 1868).
26 January – Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley, British military officer and MP (died 1908).
11 February – Henry Mitchell Jones, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, Crimea (died 1916).
1 August – George Richardson, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1859 at Kewane Trans-Gogra, India (died 1923).
September
- Peter Gill, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 in Benares, India (died 1868).
- Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Fenian leader (died 1915).
18 November – Albert Grant, born Abraham Gottheimer, dubious company promoter (died 1899)
28 November – John William Mackay, businessman in America (died 1902).
3 December – James Graham Fair, part-owner of the Comstock Lode, United States Senator and real estate and railroad speculator (died 1894).
17 December – William George Nicholas Manley, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1864 near Tauranga, New Zealand (died 1901).
December – Richard Fitzgerald, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Bolandshahr, India (died 1884).
Full date unknown
- Daniel Connor, convict transported to Western Australia, businessman (died 1898).
- John Dunlay, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (died 1863).
- Frederick Falkiner, lawyer, judge and author (died 1908).

Deaths

30 January – William Hales, clergyman and scientific writer (born 1747).
8 December – James Hoban, architect, designed the White House in Washington, D.C. (b. c1762).
Full date unknown
- Alexander Macomb, Sr., merchant and land speculator with Macomb's Purchase in New York (born 1748).

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The Carrickshock incident, Carrickshock massacre, or battle of Carrickshock was a confrontation between the Irish Constabulary and local Catholic tenant farmers near Carrickshock, near Hugginstown, County Kilkenny on 14 December 1831, during the Tithe War in Ireland. Seventeen were killed: 14 of a party attempting to collect tithes and three of the crowd of locals who confronted them. The incident was unusual among massacres in the Tithe War in that the majority of casualties were supporters rather than opponents of tithes.

References

↑ O'Hanlon, John, ed. (1915). History of the Queen's County. Vol. 2. pp. 653–6.
↑ Hill, Myrtle. "Ireland: culture & religion, 1815–1870". Multitext Project in Irish History. University College Cork. Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
↑ Kilfeather, Siobhán Marie (2005). Dublin: a cultural history. Oxford University Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-19-518201-9.
↑ "History Of Dublin Zoo". Family Fun. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
↑ "Guide to the records of the Office of Public Works". The National Archives of Ireland . Retrieved 2013-01-03.
↑ Doherty, J. E.; Hickey, D. J. (1989). A chronology of Irish history since 1500 . Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. pp. 116–117. ISBN 0-7171-1634-4.

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[1] O'Hanlon, John, ed. (1915). History of the Queen's County. Vol. 2. pp. 653–6.

[2] Hill, Myrtle. "Ireland: culture & religion, 1815–1870". Multitext Project in Irish History. University College Cork. Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2013-04-23.

[3] Kilfeather, Siobhán Marie (2005). Dublin: a cultural history. Oxford University Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-19-518201-9.

[4] "History Of Dublin Zoo". Family Fun. Retrieved 2011-12-20.

[5] "Guide to the records of the Office of Public Works". The National Archives of Ireland . Retrieved 2013-01-03.

[6] Doherty, J. E.; Hickey, D. J. (1989). A chronology of Irish history since 1500 . Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. pp. 116–117. ISBN 0-7171-1634-4.

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