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| Date | | | | | 3-Sep-1858 | | The Atlantic Telegraph ceases to transmit distinct messages owing to some undiscovered fault. | | | 23-Dec-1858 | | A numerously attended and most influential meeting of the bankers, merchants, and citizens of Dublin, held this day at the Mansion House, the Lord Mayor (John Campbell) in the chair, to consider the best means for facilitating the establishment of a Transatlantic Packet Station on the west coast of Ireland. | | | 16-Jun-1859 | | Departure of His Excellency the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, consequent on the resignation of the Earl of Derby's Administration. He is again succeeded by the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., appointed for the second time, who arrived in Dublin on the 18th. | | | 8-Apr-1861 | | Census of City of Dublin taken, showing the population of Dublin, within the Municipal Boundary, to be, males, 117,774 ; females, 136,519 ; total, 254,293 : being a decrease on the Census of 1851, of 4,068. Suburbs of the city (included in the County of Dublin in 1851), 22,904 males, 27,581 females, total, 50,485 : showing an increase on the Census of 1851, of 8,687 persons. The total population of Dublin and its suburbs, 304,778. | | | 22-Aug-1861 | | Arrival in Dublin of Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort. On the 24th, the Queen and Prince Consort reviewed the troops at the Camp at the Curragh, where the Prince of Wales had been performing military duties for some months. After staying a few days in Ireland, and visiting Killarney, where Her Majesty and the Prince Consort were entertained by the Right Hon. Viscount Castlerosse, M.P., and the Right Hon. Colonel Henry Herbert, M.F., the Royal party embarked at Kingstown, on their way to Balmoral, where they arrived on the 31st. | | | 11-Sep-1861 | | Grand ball given at the Mansion House by the Right Hon. Richard Atkinson, Lord Mayor, which was honoured by the presence of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. | | | 18-Dec-1861 | | Meeting called by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, "for the purpose of considering the propriety of paying a tribute of national respect to the memory of the late Right Hon. the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, K.T., &c. in consideration of his great exertions to advance the material interests of Ireland," postponed until the 31st, in consequence of the death of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, who expired at Windsor Castle, on the 14lth, after a few days' illness, deeply mourned by all Her Majesty's faithful subjects, as an irreparable loss to Her Majesty, the Royal Family, and the Nation. | | | 7-Jul-1862 | | Foundation stone of the new College of Physicians in Kildare-street, laid by His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., Lord Lieutenant; Dominic J. Corrigan, M.D., President of the College. | | | 20-Jul-1862 | | (Sunday) Foundation stone of the Roman Catholic University, to be erected at Drumcondra, laid. | | | 11-Aug-1862 | | Foundation stone of the new Church of St. Andrew's, St. Andrew's-street, laid by His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., Lord Lieutenant. | |
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