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1891 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1891 in Ireland
.
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See also:
1891 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1891
List of years in Ireland
Events
edit
March – Anti-
Parnellites
form the
Irish National Federation
and win seats in
Sligo
and
Carlow
.
June –
Charles Stewart Parnell
marries
Kitty O'Shea
in
Sussex
.
6 October –
Charles Stewart Parnell
dies. Up to 200,000 people attend the funeral of the 'Uncrowned King of Ireland.'
The Balfour Land Act makes more funds available for land purchase and sets up the
Congested Districts Board for Ireland
.
The
Irish Daily Independent
newspaper is founded. It becomes the
Irish Independent
in 1905.
James Stephens
, founder of the
Irish Republican Brotherhood
, returns home to Ireland after 25 years in exile.
Michael Davitt
, standing as an anti-
Parnellite
candidate, is defeated by
John Redmond
in a
Waterford
by-election.
Arts and literature
edit
April –
Oscar Wilde
publishes
The Picture of Dorian Gray
in book form.
October – 9-year-old
James Joyce
writes a poem in memory of Parnell later entitled
Et tu, Healy
which his father has printed as a broadside.
[1]
Standish James O'Grady
publishes
Finn and his Companions
.
Sport
edit
Football
edit
International
7 February Ireland 7–2 Wales (in
Belfast
)
[2]
7 March England 6–1 Ireland (in
Wolverhampton
)
[2]
March Scotland 2–1 Ireland (in
Glasgow
)
[2]
Irish League
Winners:
Linfield
(first ever winners)
Irish Cup
Winners:
Linfield
4–2
Ulster
Belfast Celtic F.C.
is founded.
Derry Olympic
is founded. It joins the
Irish Football League
the next year, but only lasts one season.
Gaelic games
edit
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
Kerry
2–3 : 1–5
Wexford
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Dublin
2–1 : 1–9
Cork
Golf
edit
13 November –
Golfing Union of Ireland
established at a meeting in Belfast.
Fortwilliam Golf Club in Belfast and
Limerick Golf Club
are founded.
[
citation needed
]
Births
edit
18 February –
John M. O'Sullivan
,
Cumann na nGaedheal
TD
and cabinet Minister (died
1948
).
21 February –
Harry Colley
,
Fianna Fáil
TD
,
Seanad
member (died
1972
).
21 February –
Seán Heuston
,
Fianna Éireann
member, participant in
Easter Rising
(
executed by firing squad
in
Kilmainham Jail
1916
).
25 February –
Edward Daly
, participant in
Easter Rising
(executed by firing squad
1916
).
17 March –
Emily Anderson
, British
Foreign Office
cryptanalyst, scholar of German and musicologist (died
1962
).
10 April –
Kaye Don
, racing driver (died 1981).
11 April –
Vincent McNamara
, Ireland rugby union player (killed in action on
Gallipoli Campaign
1915
).
16 April –
Richard Saul
, British Royal Air Force air vice marshal (died
1965 in the United Kingdom
).
13 May –
Patrick Hogan
,
Sinn Féin
and
Cumann na nGaedheal
TD
(died
1936
).
20 June –
John A. Costello
, barrister,
Attorney-General
,
Fine Gael
TD
and twice
Taoiseach
(died
1976
).
3 July
Arthur Blair-White
, cricketer (died
1975
).
Bridget Dowling
,
Adolf Hitler
's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler, Jr. (died
1969 in the United States
).
6 August –
Billy Gillespie
, soccer player (died
1981
).
23 October –
John Caffrey
, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry in 1915 near La Brique, France (died
1953
).
1 November –
Peter J. Ward
,
Sinn Féin
(later
Cumann na nGaedheal
)
TD
, member
1st Dáil
(died
1970
).
15 November –
Willie Pearse
, participant in
Easter Rising
, brother of
Patrick Pearse
(executed
1916
).
6 December –
James Ryan
,
Fianna Fáil
TD
Member of
1st Dáil
and Cabinet Minister (died
1970
).
24 December –
Joseph O'Doherty
,
Sinn Féin
MP
,
Fianna Fáil
TD and
Seanad
member (died
1979
).
Deaths
edit
5 May –
William Connor Magee
,
Anglican
clergyman,
Archbishop of York
(born
1821
).
18 May –
Thomas Grady
, soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry at the
siege of Sevastopoll
in the
Crimean War
(1854) (born
1835
).
15 June –
James Patrick Mahon
,
Irish nationalist
politician
and international
mercenary
(born
1800
).
6 October –
Charles Stewart Parnell
,
political leader
(born
1846
).
28 November –
William James Lendrim
, soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry at the
siege of Sevastopoll
in the
Crimean War
(1855) (born
1830
).
12 December –
Alexander Workman
, politician in Canada and mayor of
Ottawa
(born
1798
).
13 December –
William Gorman Wills
, dramatist and painter (born
1828
).
Full date unknown –
Augustus Nicholas Burke
, artist (born
1838
).
See also
edit
1891 in Scotland
1891 in Wales
References
edit
^
No copies are known to survive.
Gekoski, Rick
(2013-04-20). "A ghost story: James Joyce's lost poem".
The Irish Times
. Dublin
. Retrieved
2016-02-02
.
^
a
b
c
Hayes, Dean (2006).
Northern Ireland International Football Facts
. Belfast: Appletree Press. pp. 152–153.
ISBN
0-86281-874-5
.