Cholera outbreak in Kingstown -124 deaths

Foundation stone laid for Presbyterian Church, York road

Ferries established between Kingstown and Custom House Quay - two steamers - the Kingstown and the Dublin

Feb - sinking of the Neptune and Industry on the East Pier - Captain Boyd and others awarded medals for bravery while attempting rescue.

Boyd Monument (obelisk) erected on East Pier

August 22nd Queen Victoria & Prince Albert arrive in Kingstown. On 24th August they went on to the Curragh where the Prince of Wales(later Edward VII)  had been performing military duties for some months.  Then on to Killarney for a few days.

August 30th Queen Victoria & Prince Albert departed from Kingstown

Eglinton Park completed

St Josephs Orphanage, Tivoli Road

Lifeboat house completed at the end of the East Pier

William & Margaret Huggins (born Longford Terrace, Monkstown) discover that the stars are suns.

Dublin Builder reports that Kingstown Harbour cost £1m to that date

"The Birds Nest" opened in York Road as an orphanage for homeless children

Railway siding to the Traders Wharf constructed

Deansgrange Cemetery opened

Forty Foot bathing place opened

Lighthousekeepers house (West Pier)

Birth of Roger Casement in Kingstown

HMS Ajax arrives in Kingstown Harbour and takes up a strategic position as a guardship

Spire tower of Mariner's Church - foundation stone laid.

October - Royal Marine Hotel opened

Salthill Hotel opened on site of Salthill House

July 5 - U.S.S. Sacramento, a US warship came to Kingstown, and stayed 2 weeks.  It was involved in chasing a confederate ship which had not surrendered at the end of the American civil war

Cholera outbreak in Monkstown

Halliday report on the living conditions of the poor in Kingstown

Death of Charles Halliday, historian and campaigner on behalf of the poor

William & Margaret Huggins (born Longford Terrace, Monkstown) discover the "Doppler effect".  The Doppler effect enables estimates of the speed and direction of movement of a heavenly body.

Sailors Rest opened (architect, Mulvany)

Construction of the Yacht club now called The National Yacht Club near the East Pier (architect Wm Stirling).  The club operated under a number of previous names before becoming The National Yacht Club

January 1^st HMS Ajax arrives in Kingstown Harbour and takes up a strategic position as a guardship.  She leaves again in October of the same year

October