1825 in Ireland

Events from the year 1825 in Ireland.

Events

 * 9 March – the Unlawful Societies (Ireland) Act proscribes both the Catholic Association and the Orange Order.
 * May – the British Ordnance Survey begins its survey of Ireland.
 * 27 June – the Excise Licences Act raises Irish excise licences to bring them in line with those of Great Britain.
 * Foundation of the Provincial Bank of Ireland.
 * Portlaw in County Waterford is established as a model village by the Malcomson family, Quaker cotton mill owners.
 * Paddle steamers (Dasher and Arrow) first introduced on the Portpatrick to Donaghadee packet service.
 * Over 1,800 Irish residents leave Cork to emigrate to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, in a scheme administered by Canadian trader and politician Peter Robinson.

Arts and literature

 * April – the first series of Tales by the O'Hara Family, by John and Michael Banim, is published.
 * May – the Royal Hibernian Academy holds its first exhibition of art in Dublin.
 * Thomas Crofton Croker publishes the first volumes of his Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland.
 * Charles Maturin's novel Leixlip Castle is published posthumously.
 * William Hamilton Maxwell's military adventure novel O'Hara is published.
 * Sydney, Lady Morgan, publishes Absenteeism.

Births

 * 26 January – James Stephens, founding member of the Fenian Brotherhood movement (died 1901).
 * 13 April – D'Arcy McGee, journalist and politician in Canada (assassinated 1868).
 * 16 May
 * Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare, peer (died 1905).
 * John McGovern, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Delhi, India (died 1888).
 * 17 June – Richard Harte Keatinge, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 at Chundairee, India (died 1904).
 * 4 November – Frederick Dobson Middleton, British Army general and commander of the Canadian Militia in the North-West Rebellion (died 1898).
 * Full date unknown
 * William Dowling, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (died 1887).
 * Myles O'Reilly, Catholic soldier and writer (died 1880).

Deaths

 * 6 February – John Connolly, second bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York (born 1750).
 * 22 August – Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore, politician (born 1756).
 * John Templeton, naturalist and botanist (born 1766).