1803 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- Rise of Irish Republicanism. Rebellion in Dublin led by Robert Emmet.
[edit] Births
- 2 March - Mary Frances Clarke, founder of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (d.1887).
- 29 April - Paul Cardinal Cullen, Cardinal and Catholic Primate of Ireland (d.1878).
- 1 May - James Clarence Mangan, poet (d.1849).
- May - Francis Kelly, surveyor, business agent, farmer, and politician in Canada (d.1879).
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- Gerald Griffin, novelist, poet and playwright (d.1840).
- John Kinder Labatt, brewer in Canada (d.1866).
[edit] Deaths
- 23 January - Arthur Guinness, brewer and founder of the Guinness Brewery business and family (b.1725).
- 21 February - Edward Marcus Despard, British colonel turned revolutionary, executed for High Treason (b.1751).
- 11 July - Thomas Hussey, diplomat, chaplain, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore (b.1746).
- 24 August - James Napper Tandy, rebel leader (b.1740).
- 20 September - Robert Emmet, nationalist, led abortive rebellion against British rule and was captured, tried and executed (b.1778).
- 21 October - Thomas Russell, co-founder and leader of the United Irishmen, executed for his part in Robert Emmet's rebellion (b.1767).
