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List of events
Events from the year 1844 in Ireland.
- 3 February –
James Henry Reynolds, recipient of the
Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 at
Rorke's Drift,
South Africa (died
1932).
- 8 February –
Joseph Ivess, member of the
New Zealand House of Representatives (died
1919 in New Zealand).
- 20 February –
James Rankin, lighthouse keeper in America (died
1921 in the United States).
- 12 March –
Patrick Collins,
U.S. Representative from
Massachusetts and Mayor of
Boston (died
1905 in the United States).
- 5 June –
Thomas Cleeve, founder of
Condensed Milk Company of Ireland, High Sheriff of
Limerick (died
1908).
- 15 June –
Charlotte Despard,
suffragist,
novelist and
Sinn Féin activist (died
1939).
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- 28 June –
John Boyle O'Reilly, poet and novelist (died
1890).
- 7 July –
George W. Joy, painter (died
1925).
- 1 August –
Daniel John O'Donoghue, printer, labour leader and politician in
Ontario (died
1907 in Canada).
- 9 August –
John Sweetman, politician, one of founders of
Sinn Féin and second President of the party in 1908 (died
1936).
- 6 November –
Robert Browne,
Roman Catholic
Bishop of the
Diocese of Cloyne (died
1935).
- 10 November –
Dr. Mark F. Ryan, nationalist and author (died
1940).
- 21 November –
William Martin Murphy,
Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party)
MP, newspaper proprietor, leader of employer's syndicate in the
Dublin Lockout of 1913 (died
1919).
- 13 December –
John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson, politician and judge,
Attorney-General for Ireland and Law Lord (died
1932).
- Full date unknown –
James McParland,
Pinkerton detective agent (died
1919 in the United States).
- 8 January –
William Warren Baldwin, doctor, businessman, lawyer, judge, architect and political figure in
Upper Canada (born
1775).
- 10 January –
Hudson Lowe, British military leader (born
1769).
- 13 January –
Alexander Porter,
United States Senator for
Louisiana (born
1785).
- 20 February –
Edward Kernan,
Bishop of Clogher, 1824–1844 (born
1771).
- 26 August –
John Keane, 1st Baron Keane,
British Army
Lieutenant-General (born
1781).
- 29 August –
Edmund Ignatius Rice,
Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist, founder of the
Congregation of Christian Brothers and the
Presentation Brothers (born
1762).