Events from the year 1796 in Ireland.
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Events
Arts and literature
- Edward Bunting's A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music is published.
Births
- 27 March â Robert James Graves, surgeon (died 1853).
- April â Abraham Brewster, judge and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died 1874).
- 20 July â Maziere Brady, judge and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died 1871).
- 16 August â Francis Crozier, British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer (lost after 1848).
- 4 October â Robert King, 4th Earl of Kingston, soldier and politician (died 1867).
- 27 November
- John MacEnery, priest and pioneer archaeologist (died 1841).
- Richard Mayne, barrister and joint first Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of the London Metropolitan Police (1829–1868) (died 1868).
- 3 December â Francis Kenrick, headed the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, then was Archbishop of Baltimore (died 1863).
- ;Full date unknown
- :*Michael Banim, writer (died 1874).
- :*James Curley, astronomer (died 1889 in the United States).
- :*George Crawford Hyndman, auctioneer and marine biologist (died 1867).
- :*Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, poet (died 1880 in Australia).
- :*Charles Cromwell Ingham, painter and founder of the New York National Academy of Design (died 1863 in the United States).
- :*John Pitt Kennedy, British military engineer, agricultural reformer and civil servant (died 1879).
- :*James McLevy, detective in Edinburgh (died 1875 in Scotland).
- :*George Maguire, Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri (died 1882 in the United States).
- :*Jones Quain, anatomist (died 1865).
- :*Michael Joseph Quin, author, journalist and editor (died 1843).
Deaths
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