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| Date | | | | | 1824 | | Foundation of the new Anatomy Buildings, Trinity College, laid. Foundation of the Royal Hibernian Academy for the fine arts, Lower Abbey-street, laid, founded and erected at the expense of the late Francis Johnston, esq., of Eccles-street. New church of St.Stephen, Mount-street, consecrated. St. Paul's Church, North King-street, rebuilt. | | | 1825 | | Act passed for the assimilation of the currency of Great Britain and Ireland, The city lighted with gas. Union Chapel, Lower Abbey-street, for seceders built. Carmelite chapel, Whitefriar-street, founded. | | | 1826 | | New Catholic Association formed. The Wellesley Mart, Usher's quay, for encouraging native manufacture, opened. Subscriptions raised for the relief of the suffering weavers in the city and liberties ; sum raised, £13,000. St. Peter's Parochial Dispensary opened. | | | 1827 | | First stone laid of the King's-bridge, Parkgate-street, to commemorate the visit of George IV. to Ireland. Foundation stone of the Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, laid. Lying-in Institution, Mercer-street, opened. | | | 9-Jun-1828 | | The first stone of the Model School, North Richmond-street, laid by Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., The Venus steam-packet, between Waterford and Dublin wrecked ; nine lives lost. Brunswick Club formed in Dublin: first meeting held 4th November. First meeting of the Society for the Improvement of Ireland, by improving the waste lands, &c, held at the City Mansion House. A peal of eight bells presented to St. George's Church, by Francis Johnston, Esq., architect New charter granted to the College of Surgeons. Richmond Wesleyan Methodist Meeting-house founded. | | | 1829 | | Great Protestant meeting at the Rotunda, on the 29th of January, to petition Parliament for the removal of the disabilities affecting the Roman Catholics. Catholic Association dissolved. Roman Catholic Relief Bill passed. Northumberland buildings erected on Eden-quay. Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner-street, founded. Lying-in Hospital and Ophthalmic Institution, Coombe, opened. Northumberland Buildings, Eden-quay, erected. | | | 1830 | | King William IV. Proclaimed in Dublin. Valuation of Dublin made under the act 5th George IV., c. 118. The number of houses valued was 17,320, and the amount of valuation £704,757. The Society of Friends of Ireland of all religious denominations put down by proclamation on the 24th March. Those called the Anti-union Society, and the Volunteers of Ireland, prohibited from meeting; by proclamation, dated 18th and 30th October. Subscription raised for the relief of the working weavers, whereby many were sent to England. Law Society for the Improvement of the Attorneys' Profession instituted. Asylum for Penitent Females, Brown-street, opened. | | | 1831 | | Grand musical festival in Dublin, at which Paganini performed; the profits were divided among the principal public charities. Daniel O'Connell, M.P., and seven others, arrested for holding political meetings, contrary to proclamation, Zoological Society instituted. Population of Dublin, 203,650. | | | 1832 | | Hibernian United Service Club formed. City of Dublin Hospital, Upper Baggot-street, founded. Foundation of a Protestant Episcopal Chapel for Seamen, laid in Forbes-street, Grand Canal Basin. Asiatic Cholera raged virulently throughout Ireland for several months. | | | 1833 | | Foundation of the Roman Catholic church of St. Andrew, Westland-row, laid. Railroad between Dublin and Kingstown commenced. A dreadful fire broke out in the Custom House stores, on the 9th of August, by which property to a large amount was destroyed. St. Mary's Asylum for Penitents, Drumcondra-road, and Asylum for Penitents, Mecklenburgh-street, founded. | |
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