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

