1826 in Ireland

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1826 in Ireland

Events
- 5 January: Irish currency was aligned with Great Britain’s currency under the Currency Act 1825.
- 12 July: In the United Kingdom general election, four counties elected supporters of Catholic emancipation.
- The Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act was passed.
- The first lifeboat in Ireland was stationed at Arklow by the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNLI).

Arts and literature
- October: Tyrone Power, an Irish actor, had a breakthrough as a principal character actor at Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, in London.

Births
- March: James P. Boyd — businessman and politician in Ontario (died 1890).
- March: John Farrell — soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (died 1865).
- 13 August: Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons — physician and politician (died 1886).
- 4 October: Richard Smyth — Presbyterian minister, academic and politician (died 1878).
- 2 November: Henry John Stephen Smith — mathematician (died 1883).
- 14 November: Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin — jurist, politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (died 1901).
- Full date unknown:
- Robert Cain — brewer and businessman (died 1907).
- Morgan Crofton — mathematician (died 1915).
- Denis Dempsey — Victoria Cross recipient (died 1896).
- Samuel Hill — Victoria Cross recipient (died 1863).
- John Lucas — Victoria Cross recipient (died 1892).
- Patrick McHale — Victoria Cross recipient (died 1866).
- Alexander Wright — Victoria Cross recipient (died 1858).

Deaths
- 27 June: Mary Leadbeater — writer (born 1758).
- 25 September: Judge Fulton — judge, surveyor, politician, founder of Bass River, Nova Scotia (born 1739).
- 9 October: Michael Kelly — actor, singer and composer (born 1762).

See also
- 1826 in Scotland
- 1826 in Wales