Events from the year 1800 in Ireland .
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28 February – United Irishman Roddy McCorley is executed in Toomebridge for his part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 .
April – United Irish Uprising of Irish soldiers stationed at St. John's, Newfoundland , with the British Army is dispersed.
2 July & 1 August – Acts of Union 1800 : the linked Union with Ireland Act 1800, an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain , and Act of Union (Ireland) 1800, an Act of the Parliament of Ireland , are passed by the respective legislatures, to unite the Kingdom of Ireland and Kingdom of Great Britain into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , with effect from 1 January 1801 .[ 1] [ 2] The latter Act, drafted at Derrymore House ,[ 3] achieves its majority of 43 in the Irish House of Commons (which will be abolished under the measures) partly through the bribing of former opponents by the award of peerages and honours .[ 4] Catholic emancipation has been promised as part of the legislation by William Pitt (the British Prime Minister), Lord Cornwallis (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) and Lord Castlereagh (Chief Secretary of Ireland) but they are forced to drop it by the King leading to their resignations.[ 5]
1 August – foundation stone of the new King's Inns in Dublin laid, James Gandon being commissioned as the architect.
12 August – start of construction of the Military Road across the Wicklow Mountains .[ 6]
Dr. John Milner Barry introduces vaccination in Cork .[ 7]
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