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| Date | | | | | 10-Jul-1854 | | Opening of the Dublin and Wicklow Railway to Bray, via Dundrum | | | 3-Nov-1854 | | Opening of the Roman Catholic University, 86, Stephen's-green. | | | 13-Mar-1855 | | The Earl of Carlisle, K.G., installed as Lord Lieutenant. | | | 26-Aug-1855 | | Donnybrook Fair abolished by the mayoralty of the Right Hon. Joseph Boyce. | | | 22-Oct-1856 | | A great national Banquet to upwards of 3,000 victorious soldiers, returned from the Crimean war and stationed in Irish garrisons, was given by the people of Ireland at the Custom House, Dublin - the Right Honorable Fergus Farrell, Lord Mayor, presided. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, the Commander of the Forces, and several other distinguished noblemen and gentlemen, being present. The surplus, after defraying the expenses of the Banquet, amounting to £1,002 10s., was invested in New 3 per cent stock, the annual interest to be applied to the advancement of deserving pupils of the Royal Hibernian Military School. | | | 14-Oct-1857 | | A statue erected in College-street to the memory of Thomas Moore. | | | 9-Mar-1858 | | Departure of his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in consequence of the resignation of Lord Palmerston's ministry. | | | 12-Mar-1858 | | Entry into Dublin of his Excellency the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, appointed for the second time Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, when a riot took place, in which the police and the students of Trinity College came into collision. | | | 28-Apr-1858 | | At a mooting of the Royal Dublin Society, on occasion of the cattle-show, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant congratulated the assembly on the progress which Ireland had made since he had last met with the Society, six years ago. | | | 5-Aug-1858 | | A message received by the Atlantic Telegraph cable announcing the fact of the establishment of telegraphic communication between Valentia and the Newfoundland coast. | |
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