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Overview of events in Ireland in 1796
Events from the year 1796 in Ireland.
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Edward Bunting's A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music is published.
- 27 March –
Robert James Graves,
surgeon (died
1853).
- April –
Abraham Brewster, judge and
Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died
1874).
- 20 July –
Maziere Brady, judge and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died
1871).
- 16 August –
Francis Crozier, British
Royal Navy officer and polar explorer (lost after 1848).
- 4 October –
Robert King, 4th Earl of Kingston, soldier and politician (died 1867).
- 27 November
- 3 December –
Francis Kenrick, headed the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, then was
Archbishop of Baltimore (died
1863).
- Full date unknown
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Michael Banim, writer (died
1874).
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James Curley,
astronomer (died
1889 in the United States).
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George Crawford Hyndman, auctioneer and marine biologist (died
1867).
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Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, poet (died
1880 in Australia).
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Charles Cromwell Ingham, painter and founder of the New York
National Academy of Design (died
1863 in the United States).
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John Pitt Kennedy, British military engineer, agricultural reformer and civil servant (died
1879).
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James McLevy, detective in Edinburgh (died
1875 in Scotland).
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George Maguire, Mayor of
St. Louis, Missouri (died
1882 in the United States).
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Jones Quain, anatomist (died
1865).
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Michael Joseph Quin, author, journalist and editor (died
1843).