1839 in Ireland
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| See also: | 1839 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1839 List of years in Ireland | ||||
Events
- The Ulster Railway began construction of a railway line between Belfast and Lisburn.
- Marquess of Donegall lays the foundation stone for the Palm House in Belfast Botanic Gardens.
Births
- 6 January - Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran, Anglo-Irish peer and diplomat (d.1901).
- 16 March - John Butler Yeats, artist and father of William Butler Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats (d.1922).
- 10 May - Thomas Joseph Carr, second Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia (d.1917).
- 5 September - Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet, Liberal Party MP (d.1909).
- 4 November - Thomas MacDonald Patterson, politician and newspaper publisher in the USA (d.1916).
- 24 November - James William Adams, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 at Killa Kazi, Afghanistan (d.1903).
- 30 December - John Todhunter, poet and playwright (d.1916).
Full date unknown
- John Pentland Mahaffy, classicist (d.1919).
- Thomas Murphy, recipient of the Victoria Cross for bravery at sea in saving life in a storm off the Andaman Islands in 1867 (d.1900).
Deaths
- 18 November - Hans Blackwood, 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (b.1758).
- Gideon Ouseley, Methodism's 'apostle to the Irish' (b.1762).