1871 in Ireland

See also: 1870 in Ireland, other events of 1871, 1872 in Ireland

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Events

• J. P. Mahaffy appointed to the Chair of Ancient History at Trinity College, Dublin at the age of 32.

Births

• 8 January - James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d.1940).
• 16 January - Valentine McEntee, 1st Baron McEntee, Labour MP in the United Kingdom (d.1953).
• 19 January - Frederick Barton Maurice, soldier, military correspondent, writer and academic, founded the British Legion in 1920 (d.1951).
• 16 April - John Millington Synge, dramatist, poet and writer (d.1909).
• 17 July - John Miller Andrews, second Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d.1956).
• 30 August - James Nathaniel Halbert, entomologist (d.1948).
• November - Thomas Moles, Ulster Unionist politician and journalist (d.1937).

Deaths

• 2 January - Samuel Blackall, soldier, politician and second Governor of Queensland, Australia (b.1809).
• 3 February - James Sheridan Muspratt, research chemist and teacher (b.1821).
• 15 December - John George, politician, judge and in 1859 Solicitor-General for Ireland (b.1804).