1830 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1830 in Ireland.
Events
- February – first Roman Catholics take their seats in the House of Commons at Westminster, among them Daniel O'Connell (for County Clare) and Richard More O'Ferrall (Kildare).{{cite book|first=D. R.|last=Fisher|series=History of Parliament|title=The House of Commons, 1820–1832|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2009|volume=VI|pages=535–6}}
- 12 July – Orange Institution parades lead to confrontations between Orangemen and Ribbonmen in Maghera and Castledawson in County Londonderry. Several Catholic homes are burned by Protestants following these clashes.{{cite web|title=Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/parade/chpa2.htm|access-date=28 January 2010}}
- July – potato crop failure the previous year leads to widespread famine. Food riots in Limerick and Leitrim.
- August – first Dublin Horse Show.
- November – Ribbonmen attack an Orange band, puncturing some of their drums. The Orangemen retaliate by burning the Catholic village of Maghery, County Armagh, to the ground.
- ;Undated
- :* The Remonstrant Synod of Ulster is formed by non-subscribing Presbyterians.
- :* T. & A. Mulholland open the 8000-spindle York Street flax mill in Belfast.{{cite web|title=History of Irish Linen|url=http://www.fergusonsirishlinen.com/pages/index.asp?title2=History-of-Irish-Linen&title1=About-Linen|publisher=Thomas Ferguson Irish Linen|year=2009|access-date=2012-04-05}}
- :* Austins established in the Diamond, Derry. At closure in 2016 it will be the world's oldest independent department store.{{cite web|url=http://www.austinsstore.com/Pages/about_us/seven_generations|first=Norman|last=Hamill|title=About Us – Seven Generations|publisher=Austins|year=2008|access-date=2010-11-05|archive-date=2009-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612005323/http://www.austinsstore.com/Pages/about_us/seven_generations|url-status=dead}}
- :* Sir Jonah Barrington (being resident in France to avoid his creditors) is removed from the judiciary following an Address to the King by both Houses of Parliament, a unique event.
- :* William Carleton publishes Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry and Confessions of a Reformed Ribbonman, a fictionalised account of the Wildgoose Lodge Murders of 1816.
- :* The private Markree Observatory is set up.
Births
- 1 January – William James Lendrim, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimea (died 1891).
- 10 April – John Sullivan, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea (died 1884).
- 12 May – Maurice O'Rorke, politician and Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives (died 1916).
- 25 May – Hugh Nelson, politician in Canada and Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (died 1893).
- 23 July – John O' Leary, Fenian poet (died 1907).O'Day, Alan. "O'Leary, John (1830–1907)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, May 2006.
- 12 August – John O'Connor, painter (died 1889).
- 29 August – Charles Bowen, politician in New Zealand (died 1917).
- 16 September – Patrick Francis Moran, third Archbishop of Sydney (died 1911).
- 20 September – Arthur Thomas Moore, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at the Battle of Khushab, Persia (died 1913).
- 20 September – Hans Garrett Moore, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1877 at Komgha, South Africa (died 1889).
- October – John Connors, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol in the Crimea (died 1857).
- 22 November – Justin McCarthy, politician, historian and novelist (died 1912).
- 24 December – Harry Hammon Lyster, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 at Calpee, India (died 1922).
- ;Full date unknown
- :*Brian Dillon, Fenian leader (d. c1872).
- :*Robert Dwyer Joyce, music collector and writer (died 1883).
- :*Charles McCorrie, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea (died 1857).
- :*William R. Roberts, diplomat, Fenian Society member and United States Representative from New York (died 1897).
- :*Eyre Massey Shaw, superintendent of the (London) Metropolitan Fire Brigade (died 1908).
Deaths
- 26 June – George IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (born 1762).
- 11 October – Richard John Uniacke, lawyer, politician, member of Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly and Attorney General of Nova Scotia (born 1753).