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| Date | | | | | 22-Oct-1856 | | A great national Banquet to upwards of 3,000 victorious soldiers, returned from the Crimean war and stationed in Irish garrisons, was given by the people of Ireland at the Custom House, Dublin - the Right Honorable Fergus Farrell, Lord Mayor, presided. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, the Commander of the Forces, and several other distinguished noblemen and gentlemen, being present. The surplus, after defraying the expenses of the Banquet, amounting to £1,002 10s., was invested in New 3 per cent stock, the annual interest to be applied to the advancement of deserving pupils of the Royal Hibernian Military School. | | | 14-Oct-1857 | | A statue erected in College-street to the memory of Thomas Moore. | | | 9-Mar-1858 | | Departure of his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in consequence of the resignation of Lord Palmerston's ministry. | | | 12-Mar-1858 | | Entry into Dublin of his Excellency the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, appointed for the second time Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, when a riot took place, in which the police and the students of Trinity College came into collision. | | | 28-Apr-1858 | | At a mooting of the Royal Dublin Society, on occasion of the cattle-show, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant congratulated the assembly on the progress which Ireland had made since he had last met with the Society, six years ago. | | | 5-Aug-1858 | | A message received by the Atlantic Telegraph cable announcing the fact of the establishment of telegraphic communication between Valentia and the Newfoundland coast. | | | 3-Sep-1858 | | The Atlantic Telegraph ceases to transmit distinct messages owing to some undiscovered fault. | | | 23-Dec-1858 | | A numerously attended and most influential meeting of the bankers, merchants, and citizens of Dublin, held this day at the Mansion House, the Lord Mayor (John Campbell) in the chair, to consider the best means for facilitating the establishment of a Transatlantic Packet Station on the west coast of Ireland. | | | 16-Jun-1859 | | Departure of His Excellency the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, consequent on the resignation of the Earl of Derby's Administration. He is again succeeded by the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., appointed for the second time, who arrived in Dublin on the 18th. | | | 8-Apr-1861 | | Census of City of Dublin taken, showing the population of Dublin, within the Municipal Boundary, to be, males, 117,774 ; females, 136,519 ; total, 254,293 : being a decrease on the Census of 1851, of 4,068. Suburbs of the city (included in the County of Dublin in 1851), 22,904 males, 27,581 females, total, 50,485 : showing an increase on the Census of 1851, of 8,687 persons. The total population of Dublin and its suburbs, 304,778. | |
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