1832 in Ireland

Events from the year 1832 in Ireland.

Events

 * 23 May – following disorder at Castlepollard Fair in County Westmeath, at least seven men and two women are shot dead by the constabulary.
 * 7 August – the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act, 1832, commonly called the Irish Reform Act 1832, introduces wide-ranging changes to the laws for elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, particularly in the Boroughs.

Arts and literature

 * January – Theatre Royal, Wexford opened.

Births

 * 6 May – Margaret Anna Cusack, nun, writer and founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace (died 1899 in England).
 * 10 May – William Russell Grace, businessman and first Roman Catholic mayor of New York (died 1904 in the United States).
 * September – John Byrne, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman, Crimea (died 1879 in Wales).
 * 30 September – Charlotte Riddell, née Cowan, novelist and editor (died 1906 in England).
 * 11 November – Martin Murphy, civil engineer (died 1926 in Canada).
 * 14 November – Stopford Brooke, Anglican clergyman and writer (died 1916 in England).

Full date unknown

 * Patrick Carlin, Victoria Cross soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 in India (died 1895).
 * Thomas McCarthy, businessman and politician in Quebec (died 1870 in Canada).
 * Standish Hayes O'Grady, antiquarian (died 1915 in England).
 * Joseph Ward, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 at Gwalior, India (died 1872).

Deaths

 * 20 January – Alexander Nimmo, Scottish civil engineer and geologist active in early 19th-century Ireland
 * 8 April – Andrew Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney, soldier, politician and peer (born 1770).
 * 18 September – Henry Boyd, literary translator.
 * 28 December – Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham, politician (born 1766).