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Events from the year1838 in Ireland.

• 4–22 April – thepaddle steamerSSSirius (1837) makes theTransatlantic Crossing toNew York fromCork in eighteen days, though not using steam continuously.^[1]
• 15 August – following a year of widespread hunger the government institutes relief work and reduces thetithe rent for the poor by the Poor Law and Tithe Acts.^[2]
• Foundation of atemperance society inCork known as theKnights of Father Mathew byTheobald Mathew, acapuchin friar.

• January –Richard W. Dowling, victorious commander at theSecond Battle of Sabine Pass in theAmerican Civil War (died1867).
• 2 February –Nathaniel Burslem, soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1860 at theTaku Forts, China (died1865).
• 13 February –Michael Sullivan, physician, professor and politician in Canada (died1915).
• 26 March –William Edward Hartpole Lecky, historian (died1903 in England).^[3]
• 3 June –Daniel O'Reilly,U.S. Representative fromNew York (died1911).
• 5 July –William Robinson, gardener (died1935).
• 8 July –Colonel John Burke, soldier in America (died1914).
• 28 July –Augustus Nicholas Burke, artist (died1891).^[4]
• 24 August –James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, politician and diplomat (died1913).^[5]
• 11 September –John Ireland, thirdbishop and firstArchbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota (died1918).
• 18 September –Sir Thomas Drew, architect, first designer ofSt Anne's Cathedral (died1910).^[6]
• 1 November –Anthony Traill, provost ofTrinity College Dublin (died1914).
• 18 December –Michael Thomas Stenson, politician in Canada (died1912).

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  • James Gildea, soldier and philanthropist, founded theSoldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association (died1920).
  • John Philip Nolan, soldier, landowner and politician (died1912).
  • Dudley Stagpoole, soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1863 near Poutoko in Taranaki, New Zealand (died1911).

• Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin, author, teacher, draper and politician (born1780).

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