Events from the year 1860 in Ireland.
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- 1 January – John Cassidy, sculptor and painter (died 1939).
- 17 January – Douglas Hyde, member of the Seanad in 1922 and 1938; first President of Ireland and Gaelic scholar (died 1949).
- 1 June – Hugh Thomson, illustrator (died 1920).
- 8 June – Alicia Boole Stott, mathematician (died 1940).
- 25 June – John Danaher, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1881 near Pretoria, South Africa (died 1919).
- 23 July – Thomas Preston, scientist (died 1900).
- 8 December – Amanda McKittrick Ros, born Anna McKittrick, novelist and poet noted for her purple prose (died 1939).[5]
- 25 December – Patrick S. Dinneen, lexicographer and historian (died 1934).
Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 377.
Parkin, Andrew, ed. (1987). Selected Plays - Dion Boucicault. Guernsey Press Co. p. 192.
Ormsby, Frank (1988). Thine in Storm and Calm: An Amanda McKittrick Ros Reader. Belfast St Paul: Blackstaff Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-85640-408-5.