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See also:	1832 in the United Kingdom; Other events of 1832 ; List of years 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.^[1]
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.^[2]

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).

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).

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).

^ Connell, Paul (2001). "'Slaughtered like wild beasts: Massacre at Castlepollard fair, 1831". In Cronin, Denis A.; et al. (eds.). Irish Fairs and Markets: Studies in Local History. Dublin: Four Courts Press. pp. 143–163. ISBN 1-85182-525-8.
^ The law journal for the year 1832–1949, Abridgment of statutes, vol. X, E. B. Ince, 1832