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Events from the year '''1871 in Ireland'''.
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==Events==
==Events==
*1 January – [[Church of Ireland]] disestablished. [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin]], becomes the National Cathedral.
*[[J. P. Mahaffy]] appointed to the Chair of Ancient History at [[Trinity College, Dublin]] at the age of 32<ref>''Edward Carson''. A.T.Q. Stewart, Gill’s Irish Lives, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin 1981</ref>.
*15 April – [[Ormeau Park]] is opened to the public by [[Belfast City Council]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ormeau Park|url=http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/culture/organisation.asp?id=1338|publisher=Belfast City Council|access-date=2012-09-03|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223144417/http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/culture/organisation.asp?id=1338|archive-date=2012-12-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*16 June – The [[Westmeath Act]] is enacted allowing arrest and detention without trial.
*[[J. P. Mahaffy]] appointed to the Chair of Ancient History at [[Trinity College Dublin]] at the age of 32.<ref>{{cite book|title=Edward Carson|first=A. T. Q.|last=Stewart|series=Gill's Irish Lives|publisher=Gill & Macmillan|location=Dublin|year=1981|isbn=0-7171-0981-X}}</ref>


==Arts and literature==
==Arts and literature==
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==Sport==
==Sport==

===Hare coursing===
*[[Waterloo Cup]] won by [[Master McGrath]] for the third time.


==Births==
==Births==
*[[8 January]] - [[James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon]], first [[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland]] (d.[[1940 in Northern Ireland|1940]]).
*8 January [[James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon]], first [[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland]] (died [[1940 in Northern Ireland|1940]]).
*[[16 January]] - [[Valentine McEntee, 1st Baron McEntee]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] in the [[United Kingdom]] (d.[[1953 in Ireland|1953]]).
*14 January [[A. M. Sullivan (Irish lawyer)|A. M. Sullivan]], lawyer (died [[1959 in Ireland|1959]]).
*[[19 January]] - [[Frederick Barton Maurice]], soldier, military correspondent, writer and academic, founded the [[The Royal British Legion|British Legion]] in 1920 (d.[[1951 in Ireland|1951]]).
*16 January [[Valentine McEntee, 1st Baron McEntee]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] in the United Kingdom (died [[1953 in Ireland|1953]]).
*[[16 April]] - [[John Millington Synge]], dramatist, poet and writer (d.[[1909 in Ireland|1909]]).
*19 January [[Frederick Barton Maurice]], soldier, military correspondent, writer and academic, founded the [[The Royal British Legion|British Legion]] in 1920 (died [[1951 in Ireland|1951]]).
*[[17 July]] - [[John Miller Andrews]], second [[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland]] (d.[[1956 in Northern Ireland|1956]]).
*13 February – [[Joseph Devlin]], [[Nationalist]] politician and [[Member of Parliament|MP]] in the [[British House of Commons]] and in [[Northern Ireland]] (died [[1934 in Northern Ireland|1934]]).
*[[30 August]] - [[James Nathaniel Halbert]], [[entomologist]] (d.[[1948 in Ireland|1948]]).
*30 March [[William Lyle]], medical practitioner and [[Ulster Unionist Party]] politician (died [[1949 in Northern Ireland|1949]]).
*[[November]] - [[Thomas Moles]], [[Ulster Unionist]] politician and journalist (d.[[1937 in Northern Ireland|1937]]).
*16 April [[John Millington Synge]], dramatist, poet and writer (died [[1909 in Ireland|1909]]).
*18 April – [[Frederick Field (Royal Navy officer)|Frederick Field]], [[Royal Navy]] [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] and [[First Sea Lord]] (died [[1945 in Ireland|1945]]).
*? May – [[Elinor Darwin]], née Monsell, engraver and portrait painter (died [[1954 in Ireland|1954 in England]]).
*17 July – [[J. M. Andrews]], second [[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland]] (died [[1956 in Northern Ireland|1956]]).
*30 August – [[James Nathaniel Halbert]], [[entomologist]] (died [[1948 in Ireland|1948]]).
*30 November – [[Thomas O'Donnell (Irish nationalist politician)|Thomas O'Donnell]], barrister, judge, [[Irish Nationalism|Irish Nationalist]], [[Member of Parliament|MP]] (died [[1943 in Ireland|1943]]).
*November – [[Thomas Moles]], [[Ulster Unionist]] politician and journalist (died [[1937 in Northern Ireland|1937]]).
*26 December – [[Chicago May]], born Mary Anne Duignan, criminal (died [[1929 in the United States]]).


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
*[[2 January]] - [[Samuel Blackall]], soldier, politician and second [[Governor of Queensland]], [[Australia]] (b.[[1809 in Ireland|1809]]).
*2 January [[Samuel Blackall]], soldier, politician and second [[Governor of Queensland]], Australia (born [[1809 in Ireland|1809]]).
*[[15 December]] - [[John George (Solicitor General)|John George]], politician, judge and in 1859 [[Solicitor-General for Ireland]] (b.[[1804 in Ireland|1804]]).
*3 February [[James Sheridan Muspratt]], research chemist and teacher (born [[1821 in Ireland|1821]]).
*20 February – [[Paul Kane]], painter in Canada (born [[1810 in Ireland|1810]]).
*1 March – [[Anthony Coningham Sterling]], [[British Army]] officer and [[historian]] (born [[1805 in Ireland|1805]]).
*4 July – [[James Duffy (Irish publisher)|James Duffy]], author and publisher (born [[1809 in Ireland|1809]]).
*2 October – Sir [[Thomas Deane]], architect (born [[1792 in Ireland|1792]]).
*6 October – [[Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl]], peer (born [[1812 in Ireland|1812]]).
*30 November – [[John T. Mills]], lawyer and Supreme Court Justice for the [[Republic of Texas]] (born [[1817 in Ireland|1817]]).
*8 December – [[James Murray (physician)|James Murray]], physician (born [[1788 in Ireland|1788]])
*15 December – [[John George (Solicitor General)|John George]], politician, judge and in 1859 [[Solicitor-General for Ireland]] (born [[1804 in Ireland|1804]]).

==See also==
*[[1871 in Scotland]]
*[[1871 in Wales]]


==References==
==References==
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  1. ^ "Ormeau Park". Belfast City Council. Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  2. ^ Stewart, A. T. Q. (1981). Edward Carson. Gill's Irish Lives. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-0981-X.