1859 in Ireland

Events

• 29 March – The Irish Times is first published, in Dublin.
• 28 April–18 May – United Kingdom general election in Ireland produces a Tory majority in Irish seats.
• Evangelical Ulster Revival.
• John Sisk establishes his building construction business in Cork.

  Births

• 3 January – Maurice Healy, lawyer, politician and MP.
• 30 January – Tony Mullane, Major League Baseball player.
• 1 February – Victor Herbert, composer, cellist and conductor.
• 11 February – Barry Yelverton, 5th Viscount Avonmore, nobleman and officer.
• February – James Murray, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1881 at Elandsfontein, near Pretoria, South Africa.
• 13 April – Daniel Gallery, politician in Canada.
• 22 April – Ada Rehan, Shakespearean actress.
• 4 May – William Hamilton, cricketer.
• 16 October – Daisy Bates, née Margaret Dwyer, anthropologist.
• ;Full date unknown
• :*Francis Fitzpatrick, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 during an attack on Sekukuni's Town, South Africa.
• :*Thomas Houghton, Anglican Clergyman and editor of the Gospel Magazine.
• :*Edward Martyn, playwright and activist.
• :*Justin Huntly McCarthy, politician and author.
• :*Walter Osborne, painter.
• :*Henry Jones Thaddeus, painter.

  Deaths

• 14 April – Lady Morgan, novelist.
• 3 November – George Forrest, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 at Delhi, India.
• 29 April – Dionysius Lardner, scientific writer.
• ;Full date unknown
• :*Peter McManus, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross.