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Events

  • 5 January - Protestant church leaders condemn the Ne Temere
    Ne Temere
    Ne Temere was a decree of the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Council regulating the canon law of the Church about marriage for practising Roman Catholics....

     Papal
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     decree on mixed marriages.
  • 2 April - The national census
    Census of Ireland, 1911
    The Census of Ireland, 1911, was a census that covered Ireland, and was conducted on Sunday 2 April 1911 as part of a broader Census of the United Kingdom. A census of Ireland had taken place every ten years beginning in 1821 until 1911. The next census would not take place until 1926 due to the...

     is taken.
  • 27 May - The first issue of the Irish Worker is published. The paper is the official organ of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union
    Irish Transport and General Workers' Union
    The Irish Transport and General Workers Union, an Irish trade union, was founded by James Larkin in 1908 as a general union. Initially drawing its membership from branches of the Liverpool-based National Union of Dock Labourers, from which Larkin had been expelled, it grew to include workers in a...

     (I.T.G.W.U.) and is edited by James Larkin
    James Larkin
    James Larkin was an Irish trade union leader and socialist activist, born to Irish parents in Liverpool, England. He and his family later moved to a small cottage in Burren, southern County Down. Growing up in poverty, he received little formal education and began working in a variety of jobs...

    .
  • 31 May - The RMS Titanic's hull is launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast 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...

    . It is the largest ship afloat. Her sister sails for Liverpool
    Liverpool
    Liverpool 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...

     the same day to take up transatlantic service.
  • 22 June - As King George V
    George V of the United Kingdom
    George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

     is crowned in London
    London
    London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

     a Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin
    Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...

     meeting at the Customs House in Dublin condemns Irish participation in the coronation ceremonies.
  • 8 July - King George V
    George V of the United Kingdom
    George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

     and Queen Mary
    Mary of Teck
    Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....

     officially open the College of Science in Merrion Square, Dublin, as part of a six-day royal visit which will be the last to the city this century.
  • 9 August - A statue of Charles Stewart Parnell
    Charles Stewart Parnell
    Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

     is hoisted onto its pedestal in Sackville Street
    O'Connell Street
    O'Connell Street is Dublin's main thoroughfare. It measures 49 m in width at its southern end, 46 m at the north, and is 500 m in length...

    , Dublin.
  • 17 August - Dublin County Council votes in favour of using Greenwich Mean Time
    Greenwich Mean Time
    Greenwich Mean Time is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is arguably the same as Coordinated Universal Time and when this is viewed as a time zone the name Greenwich Mean Time is especially used by bodies connected with the United...

    . The councillors hear that Irish time, being 25 minutes behind Greenwich, is a great handicap for trade.
  • 18 August - The Parliament Act
    Parliament Act 1911
    The Parliament Act 1911 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is constitutionally important and partly governs the relationship between the House of Commons and the House of Lords which make up the Houses of Parliament. This Act must be construed as one with the Parliament Act 1949...

     removes the House of Lords
    House of Lords
    The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

    ' power regarding budgets and restricts their power over other bills to a two-year suspensive veto. This makes Irish Home Rule
    Irish Home Rule Movement
    The Irish Home Rule Movement articulated a longstanding Irish desire for the repeal of the Act of Union of 1800 by a demand for self-government within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The movement drew upon a legacy of patriotic thought that dated back at least to the late 17th...

     a possibility in the future.
  • 21 August - Irish Women's Suffrage Federation founded.
  • 26 August - Wexford
    Wexford
    Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern corner of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network...

     foundry workers locked out for attempting to join the I.T.G.W.U. The lockout continues till February 1912.
  • 23 September - 70,000 unionists and Orangemen
    Orange Institution
    The Orange Institution is a Protestant fraternal organisation based mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland, though it has lodges throughout the Commonwealth and United States. The Institution was founded in 1796 near the village of Loughgall in County Armagh, Ireland...

     march from Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast 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...

     to Craigavon House to protest against Home Rule.
  • 1 October - The monument to Parnell
    Charles Stewart Parnell
    Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

     is officially unveiled in Upper Sackville Street.

Full date unknown

  • Bellevue Pleasure Gardens, a public park and recreational area, is opened on the slopes of Cavehill
    Cavehill
    Cavehill, historically known as Ben Madigan , is a basaltic hill overlooking the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. It forms part of the southeastern border of the Antrim Plateau. It is distinguished by its famous 'Napoleon's Nose', a basaltic outcrop which resembles the profile of the famous...

    , Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast 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...

    .
  • Royal Arch Purple
    Royal Arch Purple
    The Royal Arch Purple is a "higher degree" of initiation within the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland and takes its 'Royal' title from the Biblical Kings and also the time when the fifth son of King George the third was Grand Master of the Orange Order in England. The 'Purple' comes from the cloth...

     is formed; organisation separate but closely linked to the Orange Institution
    Orange Institution
    The Orange Institution is a Protestant fraternal organisation based mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland, though it has lodges throughout the Commonwealth and United States. The Institution was founded in 1796 near the village of Loughgall in County Armagh, Ireland...

    .

Football

  • International
28 January Ireland 1 - 2 Wales (in Belfast
Belfast
Belfast 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...

)
11 February England 2 - 2 Ireland (in Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...

)
18 March Scotland 2 - 0 Ireland (in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow 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...

)

  • Irish League
Winners: Linfield
Linfield 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....


  • Irish Cup
    Irish Cup
    For 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...

Winners: Shelbourne
Shelbourne F.C.
Shelbourne Football Club is an Irish professional football club based in the Drumcondra area of Dublin, currently playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division....

 0 - 0, 2 - 1 Bohemians
Bohemian 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...


  • Glenavon
    Glenavon F.C.
    Glenavon F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Lurgan and plays its home matches at Mourneview Park...

     joins the Irish Football League, replacing Bohemians
    Bohemian 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...

     who had resigned from the League, but returned the next year.

Gaelic Games

  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions: Kilkenny
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Champions: Cork
  • Meath were declared Leinster football champions for 20 minutes, but when Kilkenny arrived late for the final, Meath agreed to play the match and were beaten.

Rugby

  • 11 February - Ireland
    Ireland
    Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

     beats England
    England
    England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

     by one try to nil at the first rugby
    Rugby union
    Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

     international of the season at Lansdowne Road
    Lansdowne Road
    Lansdowne Road was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union that has been the location of a number of sports stadiums. It was used primarily for rugby union and for association football matches as well as some music concerts...

    .

Births

  • 31 January - Eddie Byrne
    Eddie Byrne
    Eddie Byrne was an Irish actor. Outside Ireland he is probably best known for his minor role as General Vanden Willard in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but fans of cult sci-fi might also remember him as the skeptical Inspector Mulrooney in The Mummy and as the kindly Dr. Reginald Landers in...

    , actor (d.1981
    1981 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....

    ).
  • 3 February - Tom Davis
    Tom Davis (footballer)
    Thomas Lawrence Davis , commonly referred to as Tom Davis and Tommy Davis, is a former Irish association footballer who played as a centre forward for several clubs in the League of Ireland and the English Football League...

    , soccer player (d. 1987
    1987 in Ireland
    -Events:*January 20 - Labour ministers resign from the government over a disagreement over budget proposals.*February 19 - A general election returns a Fianna Fáil minority government with Charles Haughey as Taoiseach....

    )
  • 12 February - Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
    Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
    Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh served as the fifth President of Ireland, from 1974 to 1976. He resigned in 1976 after a clash with the government. He also had a notable legal career, including serving as Chief Justice of Ireland.- Early life :Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, one of four children, was born on 12 February...

    , Attorney-General, Chief Justice of Ireland
    Chief Justice of Ireland
    The Chief Justice of Ireland is the president of the Supreme Court of Ireland.Under Constitution of Ireland, the Chief Justice of Ireland also occupies several positions ex officio, these include;* A possible judge of the High Court....

     and fifth President of Ireland
    President of Ireland
    The President of Ireland is the head of state of Ireland. The President is usually directly elected by the people for seven years, and can be elected for a maximum of two terms. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain limited powers with absolute...

     (d.1978
    1978 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...

    ).
  • 28 February - Denis Parsons Burkitt
    Denis Parsons Burkitt
    Denis Parsons Burkitt , surgeon, was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland. He was the son of James Parsons Burkitt. Aged eleven he lost his right eye in an accident. He attended Portora Royal School in Enniskillen and Dean Close School, England...

    , surgeon
    Surgeon
    In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...

     (d.1993
    1993 in Ireland
    -Events:*January 1 - The Single European Market comes into effect.*January 12 - Albert Reynolds is elected Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann. A Fianna Fáil-Labour Party coalition government comes to power....

    ).
  • 5 March - Joseph Tomelty
    Joseph Tomelty
    Joseph Tomelty was a Northern Irish character actor and playwright. He worked in film, television, radio and on the stage, starring in Sam Thompson's 1960 play Over the Bridge.-Early life:...

    , actor, novelist and playwright (d.1995
    1995 in Northern Ireland
    -Events:*2 January - The House of Commons chamber in Parliament Buildings is destroyed by fire blamed on an electrical fault.*27 January - Taoiseach, John Bruton, and Gerry Adams hold their first formal discussions....

    .
  • 5 May - James Horan
    James Horan (Monsignor)
    James Horan born in Partry, County Mayo, Ireland, was a parish priest of Knock, County Mayo. He is most widely known for his successful campaign to bring an airport to Knock, his work on Knock Basilica, and is also credited for inviting Pope John Paul II to visit Knock Shrine in...

    , Roman Catholic monsignor
    Monsignor
    Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...

    , conceived and created Knock Airport (d.1986
    1986 in Ireland
    -Events:*2 January - The national offices of the Progressive Democrats are officially opened.*4 January - Phil Lynott, lead singer with Thin Lizzy, dies aged 35.*11 February - Ireland's new soccer team manager, Jack Charlton, arrives in Dublin....

    ).
  • 17 May - Maureen O'Sullivan
    Maureen O'Sullivan
    Maureen Paula O’Sullivan was an Irish actress.-Early life:O'Sullivan was born in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland, the daughter of Roman Catholic parents Mary Lovatt and Charles Joseph O'Sullivan, an officer in The Connaught Rangers who served in The Great War...

    , actress (d.1998
    1998 in Ireland
    -Events:*1 January – The VECs of the towns of Bray, Drogheda, Sligo, Tralee and Wexford are abolished.*14 January – The Planning Tribunal opens in Dublin Castle....

    ).
  • 29 July - Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews
    Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews
    Lieutenant Colonel Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews VC was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...

    , soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
    Victoria Cross
    The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

     for gallantry in 1940 near Dunkirk, France
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

     (d.1995
    1995 in Ireland
    -Events:*January 27 - Taoiseach, John Bruton, and Gerry Adams hold their first formal discussions.*February 2 - President Mary Robinson addresses a joint session of the Houses of the Oireachtas....

    ).
  • 8 August - Billy Behan
    Billy Behan
    William "Billy" Behan was an Irish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Shelbourne, Shamrock Rovers and Manchester United during the 1930s....

    , soccer player and scout (d.1991
    1991 in Ireland
    -Events:*January 1 - Limerick City celebrates 300 years of the Treaty of Limerick.*January 6 - The Irish Government and the EC Commission meet in Dublin to officially launch the Irish EC Presidency....

    ).
  • 24 September - James Gill
    James Gill (cricketer)
    James Rupert Gill was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played just once for the Ireland, a first-class match against the MCC in August 1948, scoring 106 in the Ireland first innings.He later served as president of the Irish Cricket Union in 1961.-References:...

    , cricketer (d.2000
    2000 in Ireland
    -Events:* 3 February – John Gilligan's extradition from the UK to Ireland on drug trafficking and murder charges is completed.* 11 February – The British government suspends devolution in Northern Ireland....

    ).
  • 5 October - Brian O'Nolan, also known as Myles na gCopaleen, novelist, satirist and humourist (d.1966
    1966 in Northern Ireland
    -Events:*8 March - Nelson's Pillar in O'Connell Street is blown up to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising.*1 April - Author and satirist Brian O'Nolan dies....

    ).
  • 11 October - Fred Daly
    Fred Daly (golfer)
    Frederick Daly was a Northern Irish professional golfer who was best known for winning The Open Championship of 1947 at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.Daly was born in Portrush, County Antrim...

    , golfer (d.1990
    1990 in Northern Ireland
    -Events:*1 January - The Northern Ireland Fair Employment Act becomes law.*24 July - The IRA kills three policemen and a nun in a bomb attack near Armagh.*24 August - Brian Keenan is released after 1574 days in captivity in Beirut....

    ).
  • 19 October - John de Courcy Ireland
    John de Courcy Ireland
    John de Courcy Ireland was an Irish maritime historian and political activist.-Biography:Born in Lucknow, India, where his County Kildare native father served in the British Army, he was educated at Marlborough College, Oxford University and Trinity College Dublin, where he was awarded a PhD in 1951...

    , maritime historian and political activist (d.2006
    2006 in Ireland
    - Incumbents :* President – Mary McAleese* Taoiseach – Bertie Ahern* Tánaiste – Mary Harney ; Michael McDowell * Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Peter Hain* First Minister – office suspended...

    ).
  • 26 December - John 'Tull' Dunne
    John 'Tull' Dunne
    John 'Tull' Dunne, Irish Gaelic footballer, coach and administrator, 26 December 1911 - 12 May 1990.Born in Brackernagh, Ballinasloe, County Galway, Dunne was the son of William Dunne, a carpenter, and Katie Donelan. He was educated at the local Christian Brothers school...

    , Gaelic footballer, coach and administrator (d.1990
    1990 in Ireland
    -Events:*January 1 - The Northern Ireland Fair Employment Act becomes law.*April 3 - There is all-party support for the Government bill to abolish the death penalty for capital murder and replace it with lengthy prison sentences....

    ).

Full date unknown

  • Donal Lamont
    Donal Lamont
    Bishop Donal Lamont was an Irish-Rhodesian Catholic bishop and a Roman Catholic missionary to Africa who was best known for his fight against white minority rule in Rhodesia .-Early days:...

    , former Catholic
    Catholic
    The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

     Bishop
    Bishop
    A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

     in Rhodesia
    Rhodesia
    Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...

     (d.2003
    2003 in Northern Ireland
    -Events:*1 February - The Protestant Ulster Defence Association Belfast leader John Gregg is killed by a loyalist faction.*16 February - 100,000 people in Dublin, and 30,000 in Belfast march to express their opposition to the imminent invasion of Iraq....

    ).
  • Con Lehane
    Con Lehane (Irish republican)
    Con Lehane was a left-wing nationalist, a 1930s member of the IRA Army Council, solicitor, and Dáil Éireann representative, elected in the 1948 general election for one term for Clann na Poblachta for the Dublin South Central constituency. He lost his seat at the 1951 general election...

    , nationalist, member of the IRA Army Council
    IRA Army Council
    The IRA Army Council was the decision-making body of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, more commonly known as the IRA, a paramilitary group dedicated to bringing about the end of the Union between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom. The council had seven members, said by the...

    , and Dáil representative (d.1983
    1983 in Ireland
    -Events:*19 January - The government confirm that the Gardaí were involved in the bugging of politicians and journalists' telephones.*8 February - A motion calling for the resignation of Charles Haughey as leader fails after a 12 hour Fianna Fáil meeting....

    ).
  • William Bedell Stanford
    William Bedell Stanford
    William Bedell Stanford was an Irish classical scholar and senator. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College, Dublin between 1940 and 1980 and served as the twenty-second Chancellor of the University between 1982 and 1984.He was born in Belfast, the son of a Dublin-born Church of...

    , classical scholar and senator (d.1984
    1984 in Northern Ireland
    -Events:*14 March - Sinn Féin MP Gerry Adams is shot and wounded in Belfast.*2 May - The New Ireland Forum publishes its report presenting three possibilities for discussion: a unitary Irish state, a federal/confederal state and joint sovereignty....

    ).
  • Jimmy Walsh (Kilkenny hurler) (d.1977
    1977 in Ireland
    -Events:*January 29 - Seven Irish Republican Army bombs explode in the West End of London, but there are no fatalities or serious injuries.*February 4 - British police discover an IRA bomb factory in Liverpool....

    ).

Deaths

  • 3 February - Robert Tressell
    Robert Tressell
    Robert Tressell was the nom-de-plume of Robert Croker, latterly Robert Noonan, an Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.-Early life:...

    , writer and author of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
    The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
    The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists is a novel by Robert Tressell first published in 1914 after his death in 1911. An explicitly political work, it is widely regarded as a classic of working-class literature.-Background:...

    (b.1870
    1870 in Ireland
    -Events:* 19 May — The Home Government Association is established by Isaac Butt to argue for devolution for Ireland and repeal of the Act of Union.*The building of Belfast Castle is completed, to a design by Charles Lanyon and his son....

    ).
  • 1 August - Dudley Stagpoole
    Dudley Stagpoole
    Dudley Stagpoole VC DCM , born in Killunan, County Galway he was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....

    , soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
    Victoria Cross
    The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

     for gallantry in 1863 near Poutoko in Taranaki, New Zealand
    New Zealand
    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

     (b.1838
    1838 in Ireland
    -Events:*Foundation of a temperance society in Cork known as the Knights of Father Mathew by Theobald Mathew, a capuchin friar.*Tithe Act.*Poor Law Act....

    ).
  • 16 August - Patrick Francis Moran, third Archbishop of Sydney
    Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Sydney
    Sydney has had a Catholic Archbishop since 1842.-List of incumbents:# John Bede Polding OSB, 1842-1877.# Roger Bede Vaughan O.S.B., 1877-1883.# Patrick Francis Moran, 1884-1911.# Michael Kelly, 1911-1940.# Norman Thomas Gilroy, 1940-1971....

     (b.1830
    1830 in Ireland
    -Events:*10 May - Dublin Zoo opens. The first exhibit is a wild boar.*February - First Roman Catholics take their seats in the House of Commons at Westminster, among then Daniel O'Connell and Richard More O'Ferrall ....

    ).
  • 5 September - Katherine Cecil Thurston
    Katherine Cecil Thurston
    Katherine Cecil Thurston was an Irish novelist.-Life:She was born Katherine Cecil Madden in Cork, Ireland, the only daughter of banker Paul J. Madden and Catherine Madden...

    , novelist (b.1875
    1875 in Ireland
    -Events:May - Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway opens, with services between Ballymena and Retreat in County Antrim.-Births:*14 March - Patrick McLane, Democratic member of the U.S...

    ).
  • 23 September - Daniel O'Reilly, U.S. Representative from New York
    New York
    New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

     (b.1838
    1838 in Ireland
    -Events:*Foundation of a temperance society in Cork known as the Knights of Father Mathew by Theobald Mathew, a capuchin friar.*Tithe Act.*Poor Law Act....

    ).
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