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Sir Jonah Barrington, the Irish Parliaments leading opponent of the Union with Britain and author, dies
Born in 1760, fourth of six children of John Barrington, landowner in Queen’s Co. Admitted to the bar in 1788 and eventually became a Judge of the High Court of Admiralty.
April 8, 1834

Sir William Rowan Hamilton, mathematician and astronomer, is born in Dublin
Sir William Rowan Hamilton MRIA, FRAS (3/4 August 1805 – 2 September 1865) was an Irish mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was the Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin, and Royal Astronomer of Ireland, living at Dunsink Observatory.
April 8, 1805

Viscount Edmond Pery, speaker of the House of Commons, born
Edmund Sexton Pery, 1st Viscount Pery (8 April 1719 – 24 February 1806; middle name also spelt Sexten) was an Anglo-Irish politician who served as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons between 1771 and 1785.
April 8, 1719