1796 in Ireland
Events from the year 1796 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- 1 February – Wolfe Tone arrives in France.
- 12 July – first Orange Institution parades on The Twelfth held to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne in Portadown, Lurgan and Waringstown.
- 9 August – the convict ship Marquis Cornwallis leaves Cork for Australia.
- 2 December – Two passenger boats, the Camden and the Phelan go into service on the Royal Canal with a fare of 1s-1d or 6d from Dublin to Leixlip, a journey of approximately 20km. This contrasts with the stagecoach price at the time, which cost 8s-8d for the same journey.
- 10 December – the convict ship Britannia leaves Cork for Australia.
- 15 December – Expédition d'Irlande: French expedition sails from Brest.
- 22 December – French fleet, with Wolfe Tone on board, arrives in Bantry Bay, but is unable to land due to contrary winds.
- Insurrection Act and Treason by Women Act passed.
- Yeomanry Corps formed.
- Building of the Four Courts in Dublin is substantially completed under the supervision of James Gandon.
- The still under-construction Royal Canal reaches the town of Kilcock and trade commences between it and Dublin.
Arts and literature
- Edward Bunting's A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music is published.
Births
- 27 March – Robert James Graves, surgeon.
- April – Abraham Brewster, judge and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
- 20 July – Maziere Brady, judge and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
- 16 August – Francis Crozier, British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer.
- 4 October – Robert King, 4th Earl of Kingston, soldier and politician.
- 27 November
- *John MacEnery, priest and pioneer archaeologist.
- *Richard Mayne, barrister and joint first Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of the London Metropolitan Police .
- 3 December – Francis Kenrick, headed the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, then was Archbishop of Baltimore.
- ;Full date unknown
- :*Michael Banim, writer.
- :*James Curley, astronomer.
- :*George Crawford Hyndman, auctioneer and marine biologist.
- :*Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, poet.
- :*Charles Cromwell Ingham, painter and founder of the New York National Academy of Design.
- :*John Pitt Kennedy, British military engineer, agricultural reformer and civil servant.
- :*James McLevy, detective in Edinburgh.
- :*George Maguire, Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri.
- :*Jones Quain, anatomist.
- :*Michael Joseph Quin, author, journalist and editor.
Deaths
- 23 May – John Roberts, architect.
- William Henn, judge.
- Bowen Southwell, landowner and politician.