Hugh Gough is Born
Nov 07, 1779
Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Gough is born in Ireland
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Despard is Born
1784
Colonel Henry Despard is born in Ireland.
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Hugh Wheeler is Born
Jun 30, 1789
Hugh Massy Wheeler is born in Ireland
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William Hobson is Born
Sep 26, 1792
William Hobson was born in Waterford in Ireland
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Hugh Gough is Commissioned
Aug 07, 1793
Hugh Gough is commissioned into the Limerick Militia
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Hugh Gough Becomes a Lieutenant
Oct 11, 1794
Hugh Gough is promoted to lieutenant in the 119th Regiment of Foot
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Henry Lawrence is Sent Britain
1812
Henry Lawrence is sent Britain in order to go to school at Foyle College in Londonderry
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Hugh Gough is Promoted to Colonel
Aug 12, 1819
Hugh Gough is promoted to Colonel and given command of the 22nd Regiment of Foot in Ireland
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John Nicholson is Born
Dec 11, 1822
John Nicholson is born in Dublin
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William Dowling is Born
1825
William Dowling is born in Thomastown in County Kilkenny
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Lawrence Surveying Ireland
1828
Henry Lawrence assists in surveying Ireland
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Henry Lawrence Leaves for India
Sep 02, 1829
Henry Lawrence leaves for India
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Bohn Sullivan is Born
Apr 10, 1830
John Sullivan is born in County Cork in Ireland
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Samuel Hill Lawrence is Born
Jan 22, 1831
Samuel Hill Lawrence is born in Cork
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John Harrison is Born
Jan 24, 1832
John Harrison is born in Ireland
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Garnet Wolseley is Born
Jun 04, 1833
Garnet Wolseley is born in Dublin into an army family. His father was Major Garnet Joseph Wolseley of the King's Own Scottish Borderers (25th Foot).
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Hugh Burgoyne is Born
Jul 17, 1833
Hugh Talbot Burgoyne is born in Dublin
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Charles Lucas is Born
Feb 19, 1834
Charles Lucas is born in County Armagh in Ireland
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Charles Beresford is Born
Feb 10, 1846
Charles Beresford is born
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SS Great Britain Runs Ashore
Sep 22, 1846
SS Great Britain runs ashore Dundrum Bay on the north-east coast of Ireland. Measures are put in place to protect her, organised by her designer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but even with these no other ship would have survived the winter storms. However, her iron hull is so strong that she can endure it ready to be re-floated during the next summer.
The Great Western Steamship Company suspends sailings on both of their ships: SS Great Britain and PS Great Western.
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Garnet Wolseley Leaves School
1847
Garnet Wolseley leaves school in Dublin to begin working in a surveyor's office at age 14 after the death of his father means that they can no longer afford to send him.
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SS Great Britain is Re-Floated
Aug 25, 1847
The SS Great Britain is re-floated and taken back to Liverpool for repairs
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Postmaster James Hosken
1848
After grounding SS Great Britain James Hosken is not able to find another post on board a ship he becomes postmaster at Labuan
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Osborn Transfers to HMS Crocodile
Sep 07, 1848
Lieutenant Osborn transfers to HMS Crocodile, the receiving ship in Cork
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Sir Hugh Gough Returns to Ireland
Jun 04, 1849
Sir Hugh Gough returns to Ireland and is created Viscount Gough of Goojerat in the Punjab shortly before retiring
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Garnet Wolseley joins the Army
Garnet Wolseley joins the army as an ensign in the 12th Foot, his late-father's regiment
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Garnet Wolseley Transfers to the 80Th Foot
Apr 13, 1852
Garnet Wolseley transfers to the 80th foot
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Garnet Wolseley is Transferred to the 84Th
Jan 27, 1854
Garnet Wolseley is transferred to the 84th Regiment of Foot
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Sackville Hamilton Carden is Born
May 03, 1857
Sackville Hamilton Carden is born in Templemore in Ireland
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John De Robeck is Born
Jun 10, 1862
John de Robeck is born in Ireland
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Sir Hugh Gough is Promoted to Field Marshal
Nov 09, 1862
Sir Hugh Gough is promoted to Field Marshal
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Buckle Becomes C in C of Ireland
Nov 1867
Rear-Admiral Buckle is made the Commander-in-chief of Ireland at Queenstown
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Sir Hugh Gough Dies
Mar 02, 1869
Sir Hugh Gough dies at his home in Ireland
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Buckley joins the Coast Guard
Dec 1871
Cecil Buckley is appointed to the coast guard cutter Valiant on the Shannon river in Ireland
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Guardship At Queenstown
Aug 22, 1872
HMS begins her period as the guardship and flagship of the port Admiral at Queenstown in Ireland
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Buckley Leaves the Coast Guard
Oct 1872
Cecil Buckley is invalided out of the coast guard
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Charles Beresford is Elected to Parliament
1874
Charles Beresford is elected to parliament by County Waterford as part of the Conservative Party. That year, he also joins the Prince of Wales on a tour of India. The Prince insisted on dressing for dinner, even in the jungle, but allowed the concession of cutting off the tails of their evening coats, creating the dinner jacket.
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Captain Salmon is Given HMS Valiant
Apr 1874
Captain Nowell Salmon is given command of HMS Valiant in Ireland
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The Churchill Family Moves to Dublin
1876
The Churchill family moves to Dublin when his father, Randolph Churchill, took up the position of private secretary to his own father, John Spencer-Churchill, who had just become the Viceroy of Ireland
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Commander Vidal is Given HMS Revenge
Dec 04, 1876
Commander John Vidal has been appointed to the command of H.M.S. Revenge
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Charles Beresford is Re-Elected
1880
Charles Beresford is re-elected to parliament by the County Waterford
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Commander of the Coast of Ireland
1883
Rear-Admiral Hamilton is replaced as the commander of the coast of Ireland
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Rear-Admiral Thomas Lethbridge
Mar 22, 1883
Rear Admiral Thomas Lethbridge is made the senior officer of the coast of Ireland
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John Sullivan Dies
Jun 28, 1884
John Sullivan kills himself in Kinsale in County Cork in Ireland
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Woman in Court
Jan 08, 1889
A woman is in court for stealing a purse from a sailor of HMS Revenge
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HMS Revenge Paid Off
1889
HMS revenge is to be paid off for the last time so that it can become the new Industrial Training Ship on the Clyde. There was some attempts to retain her as a Training Ship for Cork, however she eventually left for the Clyde in order to take the place of the Training Ship Cumberland. There she was renamed and became the Training Ship Empress.
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Erskine Childers Buys Shulah
1893
Erskine Childers buys his first yacht, Shulah
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SS Suva is Launched
1906
SS Suva is built by Workman, Clark and Company in Belfast for the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company. She was then used on the Australia-Fiji run and coastal passenger service from Brisbane.
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Erskine Childers Smuggles Guns to Ireland
Jun 1914
Erskine Childers uses his yacht the Asgard to smuggle a cargo of 900 Mauser Model 1871 rifles and 29000 cartridges to the Irish Volunteers, an Irish nationalist movement
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Monitors Launched
May 22, 1915
HMS M. No. 33 and HMS M. No. 29 are launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast
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Erskine Childers Arrested
Nov 10, 1922
Irish Free State forces arrest Erskine Childers during the Irish civil war
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Eskine Childers is Sentenced
Nov 20, 1922
Eskine Childers is sentenced to death for being in possession of a pistol
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Eskine Childers is Executed
Nov 24, 1922
Eskine Childers is executed by firing squad in Dublin. He made his son, the future president of the Republic of Ireland, promise to seek out and shake the hand of every man who signed his death sentence. His final words were to the firing squad: “Take a step or two forward, lads, it will be easier that way.”
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SS Royal Iris Becomes SS Blarney
1946
SS Royal Iris is sold to the Cork Harbour Commissioners and renamed SS Blarney
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SS Blarney is Sold
Dec 1961
SS Blarney is sold for scrap
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