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| Date | | | | | 18-Dec-1861 | | Meeting called by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, "for the purpose of considering the propriety of paying a tribute of national respect to the memory of the late Right Hon. the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, K.T., &c. in consideration of his great exertions to advance the material interests of Ireland," postponed until the 31st, in consequence of the death of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, who expired at Windsor Castle, on the 14lth, after a few days' illness, deeply mourned by all Her Majesty's faithful subjects, as an irreparable loss to Her Majesty, the Royal Family, and the Nation. | | | 7-Jul-1862 | | Foundation stone of the new College of Physicians in Kildare-street, laid by His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., Lord Lieutenant; Dominic J. Corrigan, M.D., President of the College. | | | 20-Jul-1862 | | (Sunday) Foundation stone of the Roman Catholic University, to be erected at Drumcondra, laid. | | | 11-Aug-1862 | | Foundation stone of the new Church of St. Andrew's, St. Andrew's-street, laid by His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., Lord Lieutenant. | | | 26-Nov-1863 | | Foundation stone of the Presbyterian Church, Rutland-square, laid by the donor of it, Alexander Findlater, Esq. | | | 8-Aug-1864 | | Foundation Stone of a monument to Daniel O'Connell laid in Sackville street. | | | 17-Nov-1864 | | The Presbyterian Church, Rutland square, opened for public worship by the Rev. Dr. Cooke, LL.D., of Belfast. The site of this church was purchased by the Presbyterian congregation, worshipping in Mary's Abbey, at a cost of £2,600. The church, the gift of Alexander Findlater, esq., cost £14,000. Architect, Thomas Heaton,esq., Perth. Builder, Mr. S. H. Bolton, Dublin. The congregation have placed a beautiful stained glass window in the southern end of the church, the work of James Ballantine and Son, of Edinburgh, commemorative of the donor's gift. | | | 24-Feb-1865 | | St. Patrick's Cathedral re-opened, after its restoration through the munificence of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, bart., at a cost of over £150,000, in presence of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and a number of distinguished personages, when the sermon at morning prayers was preached by the Most Rev. Dr. Trench, Archbishop of Dublin, and the sermon in the evening was preached by the Hon. and Rev. William Conyngham Plunket, Treasurer of the Cathedral. | | | 9-May-1865 | | The Dublin International Exhibition inaugurated by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, representing Her Majesty for the occasion. Nearly 10,000 visitors were present. | | | 15-Sep-1865 | | The office of the Irish People newspaper in Parliament-street was forcibly entered by the Dublin Police, the types and presses, &c, seized, and the persons found on the premises arrested, and charged with being members of the Fenian Brotherhood, and engaged in a treasonable conspiracy against Her Majesty's Government. Several others were arrested in Dublin, and some in Cork, so that nearly all the prominent members of the Fenian conspiracy were promptly taken into custody. | |
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