1828 in Ireland
The following events occurred in Ireland in the year 1828.
Events
- In the election in County Clare, Daniel O'Connell wins the seat, with the Catholic Association.
- Belfast Botanic Gardens opens as the private Royal Belfast Botanical Gardens.
- Kings Bridge opens across the River Liffey in Dublin.
Births
- 1 January – Richard Phelan, fourth Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 17 January – Eyre Massey Shaw, first Chief Officer of the Metropolitan [Fire Brigade (London)].
- 28 January – William Gorman Wills, dramatist and painter.
- 21 March – William Davis Ardagh, lawyer, judge and politician in Canada.
- March – Patrick Cleburne, major general in Confederate States Army in the American Civil War.
- 23 April – Fenton John Anthony Hort, theologian and writer.
- 28 April – Wingfield W. Watson, leader of the Church of [Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)].
- 9 May – Charles Kickham, Irish revolutionary, novelist, poet, journalist.
- 11 May – William Walsh, U.S. Congressman in Maryland.
- 15 June – Thomas Newenham Deane, architect.
- 27 June
- *Cornelius Coughlan, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Delhi, India.
- *Bryan O'Loghlen, politician in Australia, 13th Premier of Victoria.
- 26 August – William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.
- 22 September – Canon James Goodman, Irish music collector.
- 22 November – Lydia Shackleton, botanical artist.
- 27 November – Samuel Mullen, bookseller.
- 31 December – Fitz James O'Brien, author.
- ;Full date unknown
- :*John Holmes, surveyor and politician in Ontario.
- :*Joshua Spencer Thompson, Liberal-Conservative politician in Canada.
Deaths
- 9 January – Alexander Arbuthnot, Church of Ireland Bishop of Killaloe.
- 29 June – Samuel Forde, painter from Cork.
- 23 August – John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel, politician and Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer.