1909 in Ireland
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Events
- 31 October - The Royal University of Ireland is dissolved.
- 14 December - In the large hall of the National University in Dublin, Ernest ShackletonErnest ShackletonSir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE was a notable explorer from County Kildare, Ireland, who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration...
delivers a lecture entitled 'Nearest the South Pole.' - 31 December - Harry FergusonHarry FergusonHenry George "Harry" Ferguson was an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor, for becoming the first Irishman to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99...
becomes the first person to fly in IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, when he takes off in a monoplane he had designed and built himself. - Mater Infirmorum HospitalMater Infirmorum HospitalThe Mater Infirmorum Hospital, commonly known as The Mater is an acute hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland and serves a population of over 200,000 people. It provides services to most of North Belfast and South Antrim, reaching as far as Glengormley, Carrickfergus and Newtownabbey. It also...
in BelfastBelfastBelfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
is officially recognised as a university teaching hospital.
Arts and literature
- 24 March - John Millington SyngeJohn Millington SyngeEdmund John Millington Synge was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre...
, author and playwright, dies in Dublin aged 38. - 20 August - The famous tenor, Enrico Caruso, performs at the Theatre Royal in Dublin.
Football
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- 13 February England 4 - 0 Ireland (in BradfordBradfordBradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
) - 15 March Scotland 5 - 0 Ireland (in GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
) - 20 March Ireland 2 - 3 Wales (in BelfastBelfastBelfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
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- 13 February England 4 - 0 Ireland (in Bradford
- Irish League
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- Winners: LinfieldLinfield F.C.Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team....
- Winners: Linfield
- 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: 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...
0 - 0, 2 - 1 BohemiansBohemian F.C.Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...
- Winners: Cliftonville
Births
- 9 January - Patrick PeytonPatrick PeytonReverend Father Patrick Peyton, CSC was an Irish-born Roman Catholic priest, devout promoter of the works & inspirations of the Blessed Virgin Mary and is the founder of the post-World War II prayer movement called, "Family Rosary Crusade"...
, the Rosary Priest (d.19921992 in Ireland-Events:*January 20 - Peter Brooke offers to resign as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland following criticism of his singing on The Late Late Show only hours after an IRA bomb explodes....
). - 30 January - George CrothersGeorge CrothersGeorge Marcus Crothers was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against Scotland in June 1931 and went onto play for them on 19 occasions, his last match coming in June 1948 against Yorkshire...
, cricketer (d.19821982 in Northern Ireland-Events:*19 February - The DeLorean Car factory in Belfast is put into receivership.*6 April - James Prior launches 'rolling devolution' for Northern Ireland.*10 May - Seamus Mallon of the Social Democratic and Labour Party is appointed to Seanad Éireann....
). - 1 February - Timothy McAuliffeTimothy McAuliffeTimothy McAuliffe was a Labour Party and politician from County Westmeath in Ireland. He was a senator for 18 years between 1961 and 1983....
, Labour PartyLabour Party (Ireland)The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. The Labour Party was founded in 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin and William X. O'Brien as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress. Unlike the other main Irish...
politician (d.19851985 in Ireland-Events:*January 1 - Cork City celebrates 800 years as a chartered city.*February 26 - Former minister Desmond O'Malley is expelled from the Fianna Fáil Party.*February 28 - The IRA kills nine Royal Ulster Constabulary officers in a mortar attack at Newry station....
). - 3 April - Knox CunninghamKnox CunninghamSir Samuel Knox Cunningham, 1st Baronet, QC was a Northern Irish Barrister, businessman and politician. As an Ulster Unionist politician at a time when the Unionists were part of the Conservative Party, he was also a significant figure in United Kingdom politics as Parliamentary Private Secretary...
, barrister, businessman and Ulster UnionistUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
politician (d.19761976 in Ireland-Events:*January 5 - Former Taoiseach, John A. Costello, dies in Dublin aged 84.*March 18 - Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave and Mrs Cosgrave are greeted by President Gerald Ford and Mrs Betty Ford at the White House....
). - 19 April - Conel Hugh O'Donel AlexanderConel Hugh O'Donel AlexanderConel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, CMG, CBE was an Irish-born British cryptanalyst, chess player, and chess writer. He worked on the German Enigma machine at Bletchley Park during World War II, and was later the head of the cryptanalysis division at GCHQ for over 20 years...
, cryptanalyst, chessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player, and chess writer (d.19741974 in Ireland-Events:*January 2 - The Northern Ireland Executive enjoys its first day in office.*February 15 - A 600 lb bomb explodes in Dungannon.*April 24 - The ESB announces that Carnsore Point on the Wexford coast will be the site of its nuclear power station....
). - 30 April - F. E. McWilliamF. E. McWilliamF.E. McWilliam , was a British surrealist sculptor, born in Banbridge, County Down. He worked in stone, wood and bronze chiefly.-Biography:...
, sculptor (d.19921992 in Ireland-Events:*January 20 - Peter Brooke offers to resign as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland following criticism of his singing on The Late Late Show only hours after an IRA bomb explodes....
). - 24 July - Geoffrey BingGeoffrey BingGeoffrey Henry Cecil Bing was a British barrister and politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Hornchurch from 1945 to 1955....
, lawyer and Labour politician in UK (d.19771977 in Northern Ireland-Events:*29 May - A massive peace rally takes place in Belfast organized by Betty Williams, Mairéad Corrigan and Ciarán McKeown.*May - Shankill Butchers are arrested....
). - 31 July - Martin WhiteMartin White (hurler)Martin White was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.White made his first appearance for the team during the 1931 championship and became a regular member of the team until his retirement following the conclusion of the 1938 championship...
, former KilkennyKilkenny GAAThe Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...
hurler (d.20112011 in IrelandEvents during the year 2011 in Ireland.-January:* 1 January** The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect allowing civil partnerships where hetero- and homosexual cohabiting couples have the same rights....
). - 7 October - Michael O'NeillMichael O'Neill (politician)Michael O'Neill was an Irish politician in the United Kingdom.O'Neill was educated at Dromore National School and Bellisle Academy. He was a farmer and a chairman of the Gaelic Athletic Association...
, nationalist politician and MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(d.19761976 in Ireland-Events:*January 5 - Former Taoiseach, John A. Costello, dies in Dublin aged 84.*March 18 - Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave and Mrs Cosgrave are greeted by President Gerald Ford and Mrs Betty Ford at the White House....
). - 20 October - James Patrick ScullyJames Patrick ScullyActing Corporal James Patrick Scully of the Pioneer Corps was awarded the George Cross for the valour he displayed on the 8 March 1941 in Liverpool in rescuing people from a bomb damaged building...
, awarded George CrossGeorge CrossThe George Cross is the highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom, and also holds, or has held, that status in many of the other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations...
for valour in 1941 in LiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
in rescuing people from a bomb damaged building. - 28 October - Francis BaconFrancis Bacon (painter)Francis Bacon , was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his bold, austere, graphic and emotionally raw imagery. Bacon's painterly but abstract figures typically appear isolated in glass or steel geometrical cages set against flat, nondescript backgrounds...
, painter (d.19921992 in Ireland-Events:*January 20 - Peter Brooke offers to resign as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland following criticism of his singing on The Late Late Show only hours after an IRA bomb explodes....
). - 4 November - Sir Basil Goulding, 3rd BaronetSir Basil Goulding, 3rd BaronetSir William Basil Goulding was an Irish cricketer, squash player and art collector.-RAF service:During World War II, Goulding was commissioned as a pilot officer in the Royal Air Force...
, cricketer, squash player and art collector (d.19821982 in Ireland-Events:*January 21 - Kildare TD, Charlie McCreevy, is expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party for criticising Charles Haughey.*February 1 - Corporal punishment is banned in schools in the Republic....
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- James AuchmutyJames AuchmutyJames Johnston Auchmuty was an Irish born historian.After graduating from Trinity College Dublin, he moved to Australia.He was the first vice-chancellor of the University of Newcastle, Australia.-References:...
, historian (d.19811981 in Ireland-Events:*14 February - Forty-eight young people die in a fire at the Stardust Ballroom in Artane, Dublin.*1 March - Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike at the Long Kesh prison in Belfast.*5 March - The petrol strike ends as 800 tanker drivers resume work....
) - Muriel BrandtMuriel BrandtMuriel Brandt was an Irish artist. She studied at the Belfast College of Art and at the Royal College of Art in London, where she was elected Associate Royal College of Art in 1937...
, artist (d.19811981 in Northern Ireland-Events:*16 January- Northern Ireland civil rights campaigner and former Westminster MP, Bernadette McAliskey is shot and injured by Loyalist paramilitaries at her home in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland....
) - Robert Dudley EdwardsRobert Dudley EdwardsRobert Walter Dudley Edwards was an Irish historian.-Biography:Robert Walter Dudley Edwards, known to his friends as Robin and his students as 'Dudley' was born in Dublin. His father was Walter Dudley Edwards, a journalist who came to Ireland with his wife, Bridget Teresa MacInerney from Clare,...
, historian (d.19881988 in Ireland-Events:*11 January - John Hume and Gerry Adams have a surprise meeting in Belfast.*6 March - The British SAS kills three unarmed members of the IRA in Gibraltar....
). - Jack Stanley GibsonJack Stanley GibsonDr Jack Stanley Gibson was an Irish surgeon remembered for having advocated the use of hypnosis as an alternative to anaesthetics, not only through his surgical practice, but also through popular phonograph records, books, and videotapes....
, surgeon and writer (d.20052005 in Ireland-Incumbents:* President – Mary McAleese* Taoiseach – Bertie Ahern* Tánaiste – Mary Harney-January:*1 January – The Health Service Executive is established along with the HSE National Ambulance Service....
). - Gabriel HayesGabriel HayesGabriel Hayes was an Irish artist born in Monasterevin, County Kildare. She was a sculptor who studied in Dublin, France, and Italy. Hayes was also an accomplished artist with one of her works "The Cork Bowler" selling at Christies in London in May 2000 for 23,500 stg....
, sculptor, designer of Irish coins (d.19781978 in Ireland-Events:*January 18 - The European Court of Human Rights finds Britain guilty of inhuman and degrading treatment of republican internees in Northern Ireland.*January 19 - The Fianna Fáil government dismisses the Garda Commissioner Edmund Garvey...
). - Francis MacManusFrancis MacManusFrancis MacManus was an Irish novelist and broadcaster.Born in Kilkenny, MacManus was educated in the local Christian Brothers School and later at St. Patrick's College, Dublin and University College Dublin...
, novelist (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....
). - David Beers QuinnDavid Beers QuinnDavid Beers Quinn was an Irish historian who wrote extensively on the voyages of discovery and colonisation of America. Many of his publications appeared as volumes of the Hakluyt Society...
, historian (d.20022002 in Ireland-Events:*1 January – The Euro is introduced across the European Union. The people of Ireland adapt without any major confusion.*9 January – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev receives the Freedom of Dublin....
). - W. R. RodgersW. R. RodgersWilliam Robert Rodgers , known as Bertie, and born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was probably best known as a poet, but was also a prose essayist, a book reviewer, a radio broadcaster and script writer, a lecturer and, latterly, a teacher, as well as a former Presbyterian minister.-Early life:He...
, poet and writer (d.19691969 in Northern Ireland-Events:*1 January - The People's Democracy civil rights march leaves Belfast for Derry.*4 January - Militant loyalists, including off-duty members of the Ulster Special Constabulary , attack the civil rights marchers at Burntoilet bridge in County Londonderry.*5 January - Riots in Derry leave over...
). - Cecilia ThackaberryCecilia ThackaberrySister Cecilia Thackaberry, PBVM was a Presentation Sisters nun who became a missionary at the age of 56 and was killed in Nigeria in 1969 while performing relief work....
, Presentation SistersPresentation SistersThe Presentation Sisters, also known as the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary are an order of Roman Catholic women founded in Cork, Ireland by Nano Nagle in 1775....
nun, killed in NigeriaNigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
performing relief work (d.19691969 in Ireland-Events:*January 1 - The People's Democracy civil rights march leaves Belfast for Derry.*January 4 - Militant loyalists, including off-duty B-Specials, attack the civil rights marchers in County Londonderry....
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Deaths
- 4 February - James Lynam MolloyJames Lynam MolloyJames Lynam Molloy was an Irish poet, author and composer.-Biography:James Molloy attended St Edmund's College as a student between 1851 and 1855 along with his brother Bernard, who later became an MP. After leaving the College, he went to the Catholic University in Dublin, graduating in 1858...
, poet, songwriter and composer (b.c1837). - 24 March - William LundonWilliam LundonWilliam Lundon was an Irish nationalist politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented East Limerick when elected to the 27th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1900 general election and...
, Irish Parliamentary PartyIrish Parliamentary PartyThe Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
MP (b.18391839 in Ireland-Events:*The Ulster Railway began construction of a railway line between Belfast and Lisburn.*Marquess of Donegall lays the foundation stone for the Palm House in Belfast Botanic Gardens....
). - 24 March - John Millington SyngeJohn Millington SyngeEdmund John Millington Synge was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre...
, dramatist, poet and writer (b.18711871 in Ireland-Events:*1 January - Church of Ireland disestablished.*J. P. Mahaffy appointed to the Chair of Ancient History at Trinity College, Dublin at the age of 32.*16 June - The Westmeath Act is enacted allowing arrest and detention without trial.-Births:...
). - 4 April - Sir Theobald Burke, 13th Baronet (b.18331833 in Ireland-Events:* The school which would eventually be called Castleknock College was opened in Dublin by the Vincentian community.-Births:*21 January - Joseph Prosser, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sevastopol, Crimea ....
). - 22 May - Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th BaronetSir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th BaronetSir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet PC , JP was an Irish baronet and Liberal Party politician from County Kerry....
, Liberal PartyLiberal Party (UK)The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(b.18391839 in Ireland-Events:*The Ulster Railway began construction of a railway line between Belfast and Lisburn.*Marquess of Donegall lays the foundation stone for the Palm House in Belfast Botanic Gardens....
). - 15 July - George TyrrellGeorge TyrrellGeorge Tyrrell was a Jesuit priest and a Modernist theologian and scholar. His attempts to evolve and adapt Catholic teaching in the context of modern ideas made him a key figure in the Modernist controversy within the Roman Catholic Church in the late 19th century.Tyrrell was born in Dublin,...
, expelled Jesuit priest and Modernist Catholic scholar (d.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 ....
). - 1 December - William Joseph CorbetWilliam Joseph CorbetWilliam Joseph Corbet was an Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament for constituencies in County Wicklow for most of the period from 1880 to 1900...
, nationalistIrish nationalismIrish nationalism manifests itself in political and social movements and in sentiment inspired by a love for Irish culture, language and history, and as a sense of pride in Ireland and in the Irish people...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(b.18241824 in Ireland-Births:*23 April - William Nash, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 at Lucknow, India .*28 May - Thomas Croke, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, founder patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association ....
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- Bishop Richard OwensBishop Richard OwensRichard Owens was a Catholic priest in the Diocese of Clogher, Ireland. He was appointed the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher on 6 July 1894, following the death of his predecessor, James Donnelly....
, Bishop of ClogherBishop of ClogherThe Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church.-History:Clogher is one...
1894-1909 (b.18401840 in Ireland-Events:*The Palm House in Belfast Botanic Gardens is completed, constructed by Richard Turner of Dublin. It is one of the earliest examples of a curvilinear cast iron glasshouse in the world.-Births:...
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