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| Date | | | | | 1818 | | New General Post-Office opened. Mendicity Association, opened in the buildings of the Dublin Society, Hawkins's-St., since the Theatre Royal. Savings' Bank, St. Peter's parish, Cuffe-street, opened. The Grand Duke Michael of Russia, and the Archduke Maximilian of Austria, visit Dublin, | | | 1819 | | Hassan Khan, the Persian ambassador, visits Dublin. The Royal Arcade, College-green, fitted up at the sole expense of Mr. George Home, opened. | | | 1820 | | Male Patients excluded from admission to the Westmoreland Lock Hospital. Zion Chapel, for a congregation of independents, opened in King's Inns-street. Ebenezer Chapel, D'Olier-street opened; since converted into a paper warehouse. Wesleyan Meetinghouse, lower Abbey-street, commenced. Methodist Meeting-house, South Great George's-street, opened. Dublin Library Society transferred to D'Olier-street. Dublin Chamber of Commerce instituted. | | | 1821 | | Theatre Royal, Hawkins's-street, opened on 18th January. George IV. visits Dublin; lands at Howth 12th August; makes his public entry into the city 17th August, on which occasion there were public illuminations for two nights; visits all the public institutions; presides at an installation of Knights of St. Patrick in St. Patrick's Cathedral; is present at, the opening of George's Dock, Custom house; and quits Ireland at Dunleary,now Kingstown 3rd September. Population of the parishes and parts of parishes within the lord mayor's jurisdiction, and also within the Grand and Royal Canal - houses, 13,578; inhabitants, 175,585- (2) Of the parishes and parts of parishes within the Canals, whether within or without the lord mayor's jurisdiction - houses, 18,116 ; inhabitants, 224,317. (3) Of the parishes and parts of parishes included in the last article, and also of the parts of the three city parishes, without the Canals - houses, 18,567 ; inhabitants, 227,335. Shelter for Females discharged from Prison, South Circular-road, opened. | | | 1822 | | Dublin visited by a dreadful storm. Riot in the theatre, on the Marquess of Wellesley, the lord lieutenant's first visit thither, during which a bottle was flung into his Excellency's box. | | | 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. | |
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