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| Date | | | | | 15-Apr-1868 | | The Prince and Princess of Wales landed from the Royal Yacht, at Kingstown, proceeded to Dublin with their suite, &c, in open carriages. The cortege passed through Blackrock, Monkstown, Booterstown, and Merrion; the route through the city was by of Baggot-street, Fitzwilliam-street, Merrion-square, Clare street, Nassau-street, College-green, and Dame-street, 'to Dublin Castle. The reception of the Prince and Princess of Wales, on this and every other occasion when their Royal Highnesses appeared in public, was 1 enthusiastic in the extreme. | | | 16-Apr-1868 | | Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Punchestown races. | | | 18-Apr-1868 | | His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was installed in St. Patrick's Cathedral, as a Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, with great pomp and ceremony, by His Excellency the Marquess of Abercorn, K.G., Grand Master of the Order, in presence of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, His Serene Highness Prince Teck, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Her Excellency the Marchioness of Abercorn, and a vast number of the nobility and gentry of Ireland. There were sixteen of the installed knights present, viz.: The Duke of Cambridge, the Marquesses of Drogheda, Downshire, Clanrickarde, Headfort, and Conyngham; the Earls of Charlemont, Dartrey, Arran, Howth, Dunravon, Cork and Orrery and Granard , the Lords Dufferin and Claneboye, Lurgan, and Farnham. The streets were lined with military from the Castle to the west gate of the Cathedral, and the Prince and his youthful consort were received with the utmost enthusiasm. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant gave a magnificent banquet in the evening in St. Patrick's Hail, Dublin Castle, in celebration of the event, to a distinguished company, and proposed the health of the Prince of Wales in a brilliant speech, to which His Royal Highness gracefully replied. | | | 24-Apr-1868 | | Departure of the Prince and Princess of Wales. | | | 10-Oct-1868 | | Monster "Fenian Amnesty Meeting" held at Cabra. | | | 14-Dec-1868 | | Departure of His Excellency the Duke of Abercorn, K.G., consequent on the resignation of Mr. Disraeli's Ministry. | | | 23-Dec-1868 | | His Excellency Earl Spencer, K.G., Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, sworn in before the Privy Council. | | | 14-Sep-1869 | | Meeting at St. Patrick's Cathedral of the Provincial Synods of Armagh and Dublin. | | | 2-Apr-1871 | | Census of the Population of Dublin taken. Number of Inhabitants within the Municipal Borough, 115,618 males and 130,708 females; total, 246,326, inhabiting 23,896 houses. | | | 31-Jul-1871 | | The Prince of Wales, Prince Arthur, the Princess Louise, and the Marquess of Louise, pay a visit to Dublin. | |
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