1866 in Ireland

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See also: 1865 in Ireland, other events of 1866, 1867 in Ireland

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[edit] Events

[edit] Births

• 5 February - Domhnall Ua Buachalla, member of 1st Dáil, Fianna Fáil TD, last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d.1963).
• February - Michael Egan, trade unionist, city councillor, and Cumann na nGaedheal TD (d.1947).
• 15 June - Charles Wood, composer (d.1926).
• 3 December - Ethna Carbery, writer and poet (d.1902).
• December - Thomas Byrne, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1898 at the Battle of Omdurman, Sudan (d.1944).
• Dora Sigerson Shorter, poet (d.1918).

[edit] Deaths

• 5 January - Augustus Warren Baldwin, naval officer and political figure in Upper Canada (b.1776).
• Francis Sylvester Mahony, humorist and poet (aka Father Prout), (b.1804).