1876 in Ireland
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See also: 1875 in Ireland, other events of 1876, 1877 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.
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[edit] Events
- Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I) or GNRI) forms by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway (INW), Northern Railway of Ireland, and Ulster Railway.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Births
- 21 January - James Larkin, trade union leader, socialist and Irish Labour Party TD (d.1947).
- 25 February - Philip Graves, journalist and writer (d.1953).
- 11 April - Paul Henry, artist (d.1958).
- 3 August - Sep Lambert, cricketer (d.1959).
- George Townshend, writer, former clergyman and Bahá'í (d.1957).
- Frederick James Walker, motor cycle racer, killed at 1914 Isle of Man TT races (d.1914).
[edit] Deaths
- 15 February - Daniel Pollen, politician, ninth Premier of New Zealand (b.1813).
- 16 June - Sir Henry Thomas, police magistrate in London (b.1807).
- 14 July - James Henry, physician, classical scholar and poet (b.1798).
- William Wilde, surgeon, author and father of Oscar Wilde (b.1815).
