1829 in Ireland

Events from the year 1829 in Ireland.

Events

13 April – the Roman [Catholic Relief Act 1829|Roman Catholic Relief Act], granting Catholic emancipation, becomes law, thanks to Daniel O'Connell and the Catholic Association. Roman Catholics are eligible to sit in the Parliament of the [United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland] and in the judiciary. However, Forty Shilling Freeholders are disenfranchised by raising the value of the property qualification to vote in county constituencies to ten pounds.
6 May – new Roman Catholic Newry Cathedral dedicated.
12 July – Orange Institution parades in Belfast are banned, leading to demonstrations and serious rioting in Belfast. This spreads to County Armagh and County Tyrone, lasting several days and resulting in at least 20 deaths.
Congregational Union of Ireland founded.

Irish sculptor John Hogan in Rome carves the first version of The Dead Christ.
Gerald Griffin's novel The Collegians is published.

7 January – James Hinks, dog breeder.
16 February – Matthew Cooke, economic entomologist in California.
26 March – Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, scholar and educator.
6 April – Anna Haslam, née Fisher, women's rights activist, suffragist.
6 May – Margaret Anna Cusack, religious sister.
10 May – John Joseph Hogan, first Bishop of the Dioceses of Saint Joseph, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri.
15 May – Alexander Martin Sullivan, journalist, politician and lawyer.
29 May – Thomas Henry Burke, Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office, assassinated in the Phoenix Park Murders.
3 August – Henry Benedict Medlicott, geologist.
5 August – William Coffey, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, the Crimea.
20 November – Charles Graham Halpine, journalist, editor and author.
29 December – Ulick Joseph Bourke, scholar and writer who founded the Gaelic Union.
;Full date unknown
:*Garrett Byrne, Irish nationalist and MP.
:*William Henry Lynn, architect.