April

1861 Ireland census, only 393 Jews are recorded

April 07, 1861

The census of 1861 in Ireland, which recorded a population of 5,798,967 and notably only 393 Jews, provides a fascinating snapshot of the demographic landscape during a pivotal period in Irish …

The trial of United Irishman, Napper Tandy, begins

April 07, 1801

James Napper Tandy (February 1739 – 24 August 1803), known as Napper Tandy, was an Irish revolutionary and a founder of the United Irishmen.

The Declatory Act defines the right of the British Parliament to legislate for Ireland

April 07, 1720

An Act for the better securing the dependency of the Kingdom of Ireland on the Crown of Great Britain (6 Geo.

Second treaty of Guerande between Yann IV of Brittany & Charles VI of France recognizes Breton Independence

April 07, 1381

The second Treaty of Guérande (1381) established Brittany’s neutrality in the Anglo-French conflict, and was accorded between Duke John V of Brittany and King Charles VI of France.

Edward Mulhare, actor, is born in Co. Cork

April 08, 1923

Gretta Bowen, artist known as the Irish Grandma Moses, died

April 08, 1923

Home Rule Bill introduced in English Parliament by Gladstone

April 08, 1886

A. E. (George Russell), pivotal Irish Renaissance poet, painter, journalist and mystic, is born

April 08, 1867

John George Adair evicts 244 tenants on his estate at Derryveagh, Co. Donegal

April 08, 1861

Sir Jonah Barrington, the Irish Parliaments leading opponent of the Union with Britain and author, dies

April 08, 1834

Born in 1760, fourth of six children of John Barrington, landowner in Queen’s Co.

Sir Frederick Burton, painter, is born in Corofin, Co. Clare

April 08, 1816

Sir William Rowan Hamilton, mathematician and astronomer, is born in Dublin

April 08, 1805

Sir William Rowan Hamilton MRIA, FRAS (3/4 August 1805 – 2 September 1865) was an Irish mathematician, astronomer, and physicist.