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Annie Moore, 15, of County Cork, 1st Irish Immigrant through Ellis Island

Gretta Bowen, artist, is born in Dublin

Gladstone's Irish Church Act which disestablishes the Church of Ireland takes effect

Harland & Wolff Shipyard founded - built the RMS Titanic

Act of Union goes into Effect, merging the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland

George Benn, businessman and historian of Belfast, is born in Tandragee, Co. Armagh

James Wills, clergyman and writer, is born in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon

Maria Edgeworth, Irish author, is born