1881 in Ireland
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Events
- 16 January - The lowest temperature ever recorded in IrelandRepublic of IrelandIreland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
, -19.1C (-2.4F) at MarkreeMarkree CastleMarkree Castle, in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland is the ancestral seat of the Cooper family, partially moated by the River Unshin. Today it is a small family-run hotel.-17th century:...
, County Sligo. - 3 February - Arrest of Michael DavittMichael DavittMichael Davitt was an Irish republican and nationalist agrarian agitator, a social campaigner, labour leader, journalist, Home Rule constitutional politician and Member of Parliament , who founded the Irish National Land League.- Early years :Michael Davitt was born in Straide, County Mayo,...
. - William Ewart GladstoneWilliam Ewart GladstoneWilliam Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...
's second Land Act secures the three"f"s (fair rents, fixity of tenure and free sale). - Coercion Acts.
- October - Arrest of Charles Stewart ParnellCharles Stewart ParnellCharles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...
and other leaders. - 18 October - No-Rent manifesto.
- 19 October - Irish National Land LeagueIrish National Land LeagueThe Irish Land League was an Irish political organization of the late 19th century which sought to help poor tenant farmers. Its primary aim was to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farmers to own the land they worked on...
proclaimed as an unlawful association.
Football
- Irish CupIrish CupFor the equivalent tournament in the Republic of Ireland, see FAI Cup.The Irish Cup is the national cup knock-out competition in Northern Irish football. Inaugurated in 1881, it is the fourth oldest national cup competition in the world...
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- Winners: Moyola ParkMoyola Park F.C.Moyola Park Association Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 2. The club, founded in 1880, hails from Castledawson, near Magherafelt, County Londonderry, and plays its home matches at the Mill Meadow, which has an artificial "3G" surface...
1 - 0 CliftonvilleCliftonville F.C.Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. Founded on 20 September 1879 by John McCredy McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast, it is the oldest football club in Ireland and celebrated its 130th...
(first ever Irish Cup winners)
- Winners: Moyola Park
Births
- 23 January - William X. O'BrienWilliam X. O'BrienWilliam X. O'Brien was a politician and trade unionist in Ireland.Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, O'Brien moved with his family to Dublin in 1897, and quickly became involved in the Irish Socialist Republican Party...
, politician and trade unionist (d.19681968 in Ireland-Events:*8 January - Taoiseach Jack Lynch and Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill meet for talks in Dublin.*10 March - Minister for Education Donogh O'Malley collapses and dies while campaigning in County Clare....
). - 10 February - Ken McArthur, winner of the marathon race at the 1912 Summer Olympics for South Africa (d.19601960 in Northern Ireland-Arts and literature:*26 January - The first staging of the Sam Thompson play, Over the Bridge, at the Empire Theatre in Belfast.-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:*23 April - Barry Douglas, classical pianist....
). - 15 February - Piaras BéaslaíPiaras BéaslaíPiaras Béaslaí was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a member of Dáil Éireann and also an Irish author, playwright, biographer and translator....
, member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, member of Dáil Éireann, author, playwright, biographer and translator (d.19651965 in Ireland-Events:*January 14 - Taoiseach Seán Lemass travels to Belfast for an historic meeting with the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill.*January 21 - Nationalist leader Eddie McAteer visits Taoiseach Seán Lemass in Dublin....
). - 21 March - Seán O'HegartySeán O'HegartySeán O'Hegarty was a prominent member of the Irish Republican Army in Cork during the Irish War of Independence and served as O/C of the Cork No. 1 Brigade of the IRA after the deaths of Tomás Mac Curtain and Terence MacSwiney....
, Irish Republican Army member during the Irish War of Independence (d.19631963 in Ireland-Events:*January 17 - Thomas Johnson, first parliamentary leader of the Irish Labour Party, dies aged 91.*January 24 - The Minister for Justice, Charles Haughey, announces that the government proposes to abolish the death penalty....
). - 28 March - Martin SheridanMartin SheridanMartin John Sheridan was "one of the greatest athletes [the United States] has ever known" according to his obituary in the New York Times. He was born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland and died in St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, New York, the day before his 37th birthday, a very early casualty...
, Olympic gold medallist for the United States (d.19181918 in Ireland-Events:*January 18 - Count Plunkett, Seán T. O'Kelly and others protest at the forcible feeding of Sinn Féin prisoners in Mountjoy Prison.*March 2 - In Skibbereen, County Cork Ernest Blythe is arrested for non-compliance with a military rule directing him to reside in Ulster.*March 6 - In the...
). - 24 April - John Joe O'ReillyJohn Joe O'ReillyJohn Joseph O'Reilly was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal/Fine Gael politician and physician. He was born in Carrickallen, County Leitrim and practised as a GP in Tullyvin, County Cavan. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD in the March 1925 by-election for the Cavan...
, Cumann na nGaedheal and Fine Gael TD (d.19671967 in Ireland-Events:*9 January — Demonstrations by the National Farmers' Association caused major chaos when farm machinery blocked many roads.*4 April — The Fianna Fáil party made a presentation to former Taoiseach Seán Lemass....
). - 20 May - Robert Gregory, cricketer and artist (d.19181918 in Ireland-Events:*January 18 - Count Plunkett, Seán T. O'Kelly and others protest at the forcible feeding of Sinn Féin prisoners in Mountjoy Prison.*March 2 - In Skibbereen, County Cork Ernest Blythe is arrested for non-compliance with a military rule directing him to reside in Ulster.*March 6 - In the...
). - 26 July - James Cecil ParkeJames Cecil ParkeJames Cecil Parke was an Irish rugby player, tennis player, golfer and Olympic medallist.Parke was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. He played rugby with both Monkstown and Dublin University and between 1901 and 1908 played ten times for Leinster...
, international rugby player, tennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player, golfer and Olympic medallist (d.19461946 in Ireland-Events:*3 January - William Joyce, alias Lord Haw Haw, is hanged in Wandsworth Prison for treason.*7 January - The Minister for Education, Thomas Derrig, announces that because refugee children who arrived in Ireland during the war do not have a sufficient knowledge of the Irish language they...
). - 21 September - Éamonn CeanntÉamonn CeanntÉamonn Ceannt , born Edward Thomas Kent, was an Irish republican, mostly known for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916.-Background:...
, nationalist, rebel and Easter Rising leader, executed (d.19161916 in Ireland-Events:*January 14 - Michael Collins quits his job in London and returns to Ireland.*February 14 - John Redmond is re-elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Dublin.*February 29 - The week long Derry Feis opens in the city....
). - 13 November - Con CollinsCon CollinsCornelius "Con" Collins was an Irish Sinn Féin politician.He was born in Arranagh, Newcastle West, County Limerick. He had joined the Gaelic League by 1910 when working in London for the civil service, as had Michael Collins the previous year. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers and of the...
, Sinn Féin MP (d.19371937 in Ireland-Events:*January 22 - The National Council of Women of Ireland is agitating to form a women's police force.*April 8 - All political parties and Church leaders gather at the Mansion House, Dublin to pay tribute to the Chief Rabbi, Dr. Herzog, who is leaving to take up the new post of Chief Rabbi of...
). - 13 November - John Tudor GwynnJohn Tudor GwynnJohn Tudor Gwynn was an Irish cricketer. He did not represent the Ireland cricket team internationally, and played his cricket in India, representing the "Europeans" in two first-class matches against the "Indians" in 1919 and 1920.Gwynn came from a cricketing family...
, cricketer (d.19561956 in Ireland-Events:*15 February - Senator Owen Sheehy-Skeffington introduces a motion calling for the prohibition of all corporal punishment for girls in Irish national schools.*2 April - President Seán T...
). - 8 December - Padraic ColumPadraic ColumPadraic Colum was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Celtic Revival.-Early life:...
, poet, novelist and dramatist (d.19721972 in Ireland-Events:*January 22 - Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Patrick Hillery, sign the Treaty of Accession to the European Communities....
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- Robert BartonRobert BartonRobert Childers Barton was an Irish lawyer, soldier, statesman and farmer who participated in the negotiations leading up to the signature of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. His father was Charles William Barton and his mother was Agnes Childers. His wife was Rachel Warren of Boston, daughter of Fiske...
, Sinn Féin MP, Cabinet Minister and signatory of Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921 (d.19751975 in Ireland-Events:*January 7 - Sinéad Bean de Valera dies in Dublin aged 96.*January 30 - Charles Haughey is brought back onto the Fianna Fáil front bench.*February 18 - Aer Lingus hostesses get a new uniform....
). - William ConorWilliam ConorWilliam Conor OBE was a Belfast, Northern Ireland born artist.Celebrated for his warm and sympathetic portrayals of working-class life in Ulster, William Conor studied at the Government School of Design in Belfast in the 1890s...
, artist (d.19681968 in Northern Ireland-January to June:*8 January - Taoiseach Jack Lynch and Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill meet for talks in Dublin.*March - Members of the Derry Housing Action Committee disrupt a meeting of Londonderry Corporation to protest at the lack of housing provision in the city.*5 April -...
). - William John LeechWilliam John LeechWilliam John Leech was an Irish painter.-Biography:Leech was born in Dublin and studied there at the Metropolitan School. He later transferred to the Royal Hibernian Academy and studied under Walter Osborne...
, painter (d.19681968 in Ireland-Events:*8 January - Taoiseach Jack Lynch and Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill meet for talks in Dublin.*10 March - Minister for Education Donogh O'Malley collapses and dies while campaigning in County Clare....
).
Deaths
- 30 January - Anna Maria HallAnna Maria HallAnna Maria Hall was an Irish novelist who often published as "Mrs. S.C. Hall".She was born Anna Maria Fielding in Dublin, but left Ireland at the age of 15...
, novelist (b.18001800 in Ireland-Births:*6 January - Anna Maria Hall, novelist .*16 January - Robert Bell, journalist and writer .*17 March - James Patrick Mahon, Irish nationalist politician and international mercenary ....
). - January - Alfred ElmoreAlfred ElmoreAlfred Elmore was a Victorian history and genre painter. He was born in Cork, Ireland, the son of Dr. John Richard Elmore, a surgeon who retired from the British Army to Clonakilty....
, painter (b.18151815 in Ireland-Events:* March 28 - Laying of the foundation stone of the Metropolitan Chapel , Marlborough Street, Dublin.* March - Poet William Drennan work " Fugitive pieces in verse and prose is published in Belfast....
). - 5 February - Richard Graves MacDonnellRichard Graves MacDonnellSir Richard Graves MacDonnell KCMG CB was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, judge and colonial governor...
, lawyer, judge and colonial governor (b.18141814 in Ireland-Events:*Apprentice Boys of Derry organisation is formed, although the Siege of Derry had been celebrated from the 17th century.-Births:*10 January - Aubrey Thomas de Vere, poet and critic .*9 May - John Brougham, actor and dramatist ....
). - 1 August - Nathaniel Thomas HoneNathaniel Thomas HoneNathaniel Thomas Hone was an Irish cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University.-Biography:...
, cricketer (b.18611861 in Ireland-Arts and literature:*Sheridan Le Fanu becomes the editor and proprietor of the Dublin University Magazine.-Births:*23 January - Katharine Tynan, novelist and poet ....
). - 9 September - Robert Carew, 2nd Baron CarewRobert Carew, 2nd Baron CarewSir Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew KP was an Irish Member of Parliament in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1840 to 1847, and a member of the Irish and United Kingdom peerages....
, politician (b.18181818 in Ireland-Births:*28 January - Robert Carew, 2nd Baron Carew, politician .*4 April - Thomas Mayne Reid, novelist .*April - Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander, hymn-writer and poet .*24 May - John Henry Foley, sculptor ....
). - 5 November - Robert MalletRobert MalletRobert Mallet FRS , Irish geophysicist, civil engineer, and inventor who distinguished himself in research on earthquakes and is sometimes called the father of seismology.-Early life:...
, geologist, civil engineer and inventor (b.18101810 in Ireland-Births:*3 January - Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, geographer .*10 March - Samuel Ferguson, poet, barrister, antiquarian, artist and public servant .*3 June - Robert Mallet, geologist, civil engineer and inventor ....
). - 7 November - John McHale, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, Irish Nationalist and writer (b.17911791 in Ireland-Births:*6 March - John McHale, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, Irish Nationalist and writer .*17 August - Richard Lalor Sheil, politician, writer and orator .*14 December - Charles Wolfe, poet .-Full date unknown:...
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- Richard TurnerRichard Turner (iron-founder)Richard Turner was an Irish iron-founder and manufacturer of glasshouses, born in Dublin.His works included the Palm House at Kew Gardens , the glasshouse in the Winter Gardens at Regent's Park in London, the Palm House at Belfast Botanic Gardens and the Curvilinear Range at the Irish National...
, iron-founder (b.17981798 in Ireland-Events:* March - Great Britain's Irish militia arrest the leadership of the Society of United Irishmen marking the beginning of the 1798 Rebellion. * 19 May - Rebel leader Lord Edward FitzGerald is arrested in Dublin....
).