1801 in Ireland
Events from the year 1801 in Ireland.
Events
- 1 January – legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United [Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland] and abolition of the Parliament of Ireland.
- 3 November – James Murphy succeeds Hugh O'Reilly as Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, an office which he will hold until 1824.
- First official, dedicated life-boat in Ireland stationed at Clontarf by the Dublin Ballast Board.
- Joseph Archer's Statistical Survey of the County Dublin is published.
Births
- 22 September – William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel, peer and MP.
- 23 November – Philip Gore, 4th Earl of Arran, Anglo-Irish peer and diplomat.
- 28 December – Armar Lowry-Corry, 3rd Earl Belmore, politician and high sheriff.
Deaths
- 3 January – Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley, politician.
- 19 March – Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno, viceroy of Peru.
- 21 March – Philip Nolan, horse-trader and freebooter in Natchez.
- 3 September – Hugh O'Reilly, Roman [Catholic Bishop of Clogher].
- Jean Glover, poet and singer.