1869 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland passes the Irish Church Disestablishment Act.
[edit] Births
- 27 March - James McNeill, politician and second Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d.1938).
- 26 April - Lowry Hamilton, cricketer (d.1936).
- 23 May - Hamilton Lyster Reed, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1899 at the Battle of Colenso, South Africa (d.1931).
- 30 November - James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, Unionist politician and first Governor of Northern Ireland (d.1953)[1].
- 27 December - William Harrington, cricketer (d.1940).
[edit] Deaths
- 6 March - James Emerson Tennent, politician and traveller (b.1804).
- 31 August - Mary Ward, scientist (b.1827).
