Events from the year 1838 in Ireland.
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- January – Richard W. Dowling, victorious commander at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass in the American Civil War (died 1867).
- 2 February – Nathaniel Burslem, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1860 at the Taku Forts, China (died 1865).
- 13 February – Michael Sullivan, physician, professor and politician in Canada (died 1915).
- 26 March – William Edward Hartpole Lecky, historian (died 1903 in England).[3]
- 3 June – Daniel O'Reilly, U.S. Representative from New York (died 1911).
- 5 July – William Robinson, gardener (died 1935).
- 8 July – Colonel John Burke, soldier in America (died 1914).
- 28 July – Augustus Nicholas Burke, artist (died 1891).[4]
- 24 August – James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, politician and diplomat (died 1913).[5]
- 11 September – John Ireland, third bishop and first Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota (died 1918).
- 18 September – Sir Thomas Drew, architect, first designer of St Anne's Cathedral (died 1910).[6]
- 1 November – Anthony Traill, provost of Trinity College Dublin (died 1914).
- 18 December – Michael Thomas Stenson, politician in Canada (died 1912).
- Full date unknown
Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 375.