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1877 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1877 in Ireland
.
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See also:
1877 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1877
List of years in Ireland
Events
edit
May –
Sophia Jex-Blake
qualifies as a Licentiate of the King’s and Queen’s College of Physicians of Ireland (LKQCPI).
1 September – the
narrow gauge
Ballymena and Larne Railway
starts operations in
County Antrim
, from
Larne
to
Ballyclare
for goods traffic.
[1]
14 August –
National Museum of Ireland
established in
Dublin
.
Arts and literature
edit
Percy French
, at this time a student at
Trinity College Dublin
, composes the song "
Abdul Abulbul Amir
".
Sport
edit
Births
edit
20 February –
T. C. Hammond
, Anglican clergyman, Principal of
Moore Theological College
,
Sydney
(died
1961
).
12 March –
Sam Maguire
,
Irish Republican
and
Gaelic footballer
(died
1927
).
17 March –
George Gardiner
, boxer (died
1954
).
2 April –
Gus Kelly
, cricketer (died
1951
).
2 April –
Richard Rowley
, poet and writer (died
1947
).
26 April –
Robert Gwynn
, cricketer (died
1962
).
26 May –
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
, feminist, suffragette and writer (died
1946
).
12 June –
Hugh Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken
, barrister (died
1950
).
20 July –
Tom Crean
,
Antarctic
explorer and publican (died
1938
).
2 December –
Cahir Healy
,
Nationalist Party
MP
(died
1970
).
15 December –
John T. McNicholas
,
Archbishop
of
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati
and founder of the
Catholic Legion of Decency
(died
1950
).
Full date unknown
George C. Bennett
,
Cumann na nGaedheal
TD
, later
Fine Gael
and
Seanad Éireann
member (died
1963
).
Con Lehane
,
socialist
active in the
Irish Socialist Republican Party
, the
Social Democratic Federation
and
Socialist Party of Great Britain
(died
1919
).
Deaths
edit
7 February –
John O'Mahony
, a founder of the
Irish Republican Brotherhood
(born
1816
).
1 October –
David Moriarty
,
Roman Catholic
Bishop of Kerry (born
1814
).
See also
edit
1877 in Scotland
1877 in Wales
References
edit
^
Patterson, Edward M. (1968).
The Ballymena Lines
. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 61.
ISBN
0-7153-4183-9
.