5 April – opening of
Boyne Viaduct at
Drogheda by the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway completes permanent through rail communication between the two principal cities of Ireland.[1]
The Society for the Preservation and Publication of the Melodies of Ireland publishes The Ancient Music of Ireland edited by
George Petrie, including the first publication of the
Londonderry Air as collected from a local fiddle player by Miss Jane Ross of
Limavady.
5 April – opening of
Boyne Viaduct at
Drogheda by the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway completes permanent through rail communication between the two principal cities of Ireland.[1]
The Society for the Preservation and Publication of the Melodies of Ireland publishes The Ancient Music of Ireland edited by
George Petrie, including the first publication of the
Londonderry Air as collected from a local fiddle player by Miss Jane Ross of
Limavady.