Quain, anatomist and surgeon (born 1800). 22 November – Ulick Bourke, scholar and writer, founder of the Gaelic Union (born 1829). 4 December – Mary Frances Clarke, founder of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (born 1803). Full date unknown – Rev. William Anderson O'Connor, theologian. References 1880s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 19th century in Ireland