1856 in Ireland

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See also: 1855 in Ireland, other events of 1856, 1857 in Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Births

• 14 February - Frank Harris, author, editor, journalist and publisher (d.1931).
• 20 March - John Lavery, artist (d.1941).
• 2 May - Matt Talbot, manual labourer and ascetic (d.1925).
• 26 July - George Bernard Shaw, playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) (d.1950).
• Tomás Ó Criomhthain, writer (d.1937).

[edit] Deaths

• 27 January - John Lalor, journalist and author (b.1814).
• 18 March - Henry Eldred Curwen Pottinger, soldier and colonial administrator, first Governor of Hong Kong (b.1789).
• 2 June - Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew, politician (b.1787).