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| Date | | | | | 20-Jul-1866 | | Arrival of the Marquess of Abercorn, K.G., Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | | | Nov-1866 | December | The Fenian agitation being revived by the appearance of emissaries from the United States and elsewhere, various persons are arrested under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act; seizures of arms by the police take place ; naval and military reinforcements are promptly sent to Dublin and other parts of Ireland. These timely preparations towards the end of the year, paralyse the movement. | | | 30-Nov-1866 | | The new parish church of St. Andrew (erected on the site of the old Round Church which was burned some years since) consecrated by the Archbishop of Dublin, in the presence of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and n large congregation. St. Andrew's is a beautiful building, of cruciform shape and Gothic style. | | | 5-Mar-1867 | | party of Fenians commence a rising, and proceed to the neighbourhood of Tallaght. Upon being summoned to surrender by twelve of the constabulary force, they fired upon the police, who returned the fire, and wounded five of the insurgents. The constabulary subsequently captured 83 of the Fenian body, and the remainder, after wandering about for a short time, during very severe weather, finally dispersed. | | | 27-Apr-1867 | | Trial of the Fenians, Burke and Doran, commences at the Special Commission. They were found guilty of high treason and sentenced to be hanged; but the sentence on Doran was commuted to penal servitude, and the sentence on Burke was ultimately commuted to penal servitude for life, | | | 31-Oct-1867 | | Early in the morning, Constable Patrick Keena was fired at on Wellington-quay by a man (supposed to be connected with the Fenian organization) whom he attempted to stop, and who afterwards fired at Sergeant Kelly in Eustace-street. Both the policemen were severely wounded ; Keena died of his wound, in the hospital, but Sergeant Kelly recovered. | | | 1-Nov-1867 | | St. Peter's Church, which had been almost rebuilt at a cost of nearly £7,000, re-opened for divine service by Archbishop Trench. Ven. William Lee, D.D., rector; Rev. Morgan W. Jellett, M.A., Re-^j, G. A. Patton, M.A., curates ; Edward H. Carson, esq., C.E. architect; John Butler, Esq., builder; Arthur E. Guinness, Esq., Thomas Greene, Esq., churchwardens. | | | 1-Nov-1867 | 7 | At the Commission Court, the Fenian "Colonel" John Warren was found guilty. "General" Fariola pleaded guilty. "Captain" A. Costello and "General" Halpin were also found guilty. Warren and Halpin were sentenced to 15 years, and Costello to 12 years penal servitude. | | | 23-Dec-1867 | | The new Church of St. Bartholomew, on the Elgin and Clyde roads, consecrated by the Archbishop of Dublin. | | | 1868 | | The Vartry Water Works completed this year, when the entire city, together with the Pembroke and Blackrock townships, were supplied with Vartry water, and the old Canal supplies entirely discontinued. The works were commenced in 1863, and consist of a large storage reservoir, near Roundwood, in the county Wicklow, which covers an area of 410 acres, and can hold 2,400,000,000 gallons of water, equal to seven months supply. Attached are filter beds, through which all the water is passed before being admitted into mains; the water is conveyed through a tunnel nearly 3 miles long to Callowhill, and thence through an iron pipe; 33 inches diameter, to Stillorgan, a distance of about 22 miles. This reservoir contains 84,000,000 gallons, and the level is 250 feet above the quays in Dublin. The water is conveyed from those reservoirs by 2-inch pipes, 27 inches diameter, to the city boundary at Leeson-Street bridge, and is thence distributed over the city. The total cost of works has been, embracing every charge, about £550,000, In 1866, the water of the Vartry was turned from the old course through the now cut, by the late Earl of Carlisle, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on which occasion be conferred the honour of knighthood on Sir John Gray, the chairman of the Waterworks Committee, to whose great energy and perseverance the carrying of this great measure through Parliament, and the subsequent satisfactory completion of the works is mainly due. The works were designed and carried out by Mr. Parke Neville, C,E. | |
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