Ireland

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Record Data

Place Unit Type

Nation

Containing Unit

Europe

Events

Date span		Type
09/29/1852	American ship bound for New Orleans founders off the coast of Ireland	Crime/Disasters
08/05/1858	Alexis Soyer, the most famous chef in Europe, dies in London	Personal
08/06/1859	Explosions at an Irish gunpowder mill kill five and cause widespread damage	Crime/Disasters
07/12/1860	In Northern Ireland, Orangemen clash with Catholics killing two and wounding fifteen	US/the World
07/22/1860	In Ireland, Mother Marie Joseph Butler is born in County Kilkenny	Personal
01/17/1861	Famed courtesan and exotic dancer Lola Montez dies of pneumonia in New York City	Education/Culture
01/28/1861	Boston registered cargo ship bound for Liverpool wrecked on Irish coast and eighteen drown	Crime/Disasters
08/22/1861—08/29/1861	Queen Victoria makes her third visit to Ireland	US/the World
01/02/1862	Fatal railway accident in Northern Ireland	Crime/Disasters
01/08/1862	The news of the release of Slidell and Mason reaches the British Isles	US/the World
02/22/1862	Off the coast of Ireland, a timber ship is smashed on the rocks of Dingle Bay and nine crewmen drown	Crime/Disasters
05/05/1863	In Maryland, Philadelphia-based Joe Coburn retains his American heavyweight boxing title	Education/Culture

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People

Birthplace of

Boerly, Thomas

Full name

Thomas Boerly

Campbell, Thompson

Full name

Thompson Campbell

Finegan, Joseph

Full name

Joseph Finegan

Hare, Samuel George

Full name

Samuel George Hare

Higgins, Patrick

Full name

Patrick Higgins

Hughes, John Joseph

Full name

John Joseph Hughes

McIIvaine, Isaac

Full name

Isaac McIIvaine

Parker, Isaac Brown

Full name

Isaac Brown Parker

Smyth, Thomas Alfred

Full name

Thomas Alfred Smyth

Stewart, William

Full name

William Stewart

Places

Contained places

Name	Type
Altmore, Ireland	City or Town
Connacht, Ireland	State or Province
County Cavan, Ireland	County
County Down, Ireland	County
County Fermanagh, Ireland	County
County Kerry, Ireland	County
County Mayo, Ireland	County
County Sligo, Ireland	State or Province
Dublin, Ireland	City or Town
Leinster, Ireland	State or Province
Queenstown, Ireland	City or Town

Documents

Subject

Date	Title
03/27/1857	Thomas Garrett to William Still, March 27, 1857
02/20/1859	New York Herald, “Immigration into the United States,” February 20, 1859
12/10/1860	New York Herald, “Our Burdens for the Winter,” December 10, 1860

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Boerly, Thomas

Campbell, Thompson

Finegan, Joseph

Hare, Samuel George

Higgins, Patrick

Hughes, John Joseph

McIIvaine, Isaac

Parker, Isaac Brown

Smyth, Thomas Alfred

Stewart, William

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Ireland, 1857, zoomable map