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1899 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1899 in Ireland
.
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See also:
1899 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1899
List of years in Ireland
Events
edit
14 January –
Ocean liner
RMS
Oceanic
is launched by
Harland and Wolff
in
Belfast
.
4 March – the first issue of
Arthur Griffith
and
William Rooney
's
nationalist
newspaper,
The
United Irishman
, is published.
[1]
6 September – the foundation stone of
St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast
, is laid by the
Countess of Shaftesbury
.
11 October – the
Second Boer War
begins in
South Africa
. Major
John MacBride
raises the
Irish Transvaal Brigade
to aid the
Boers
.
Nationalist
Member of Parliament
Michael Davitt
withdraws from the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
in protest at the war.
Arts and literature
edit
8 May – the
Irish Literary Theatre
, founded by
W. B. Yeats
,
Augusta, Lady Gregory
,
George Moore
and
Edward Martyn
, stages its first performance, a version of Yeats' verse drama
The Countess Cathleen
, at the Antient Concert Rooms in
Great Brunswick Street
, Dublin.
Somerville and Ross
publish their first collection of humorous stories
Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.
W. B. Yeats
publishes
The Wind Amongst the Reeds
.
The Rathmines and Rathgar music society is founded.
Sport
edit
Athletics
edit
Tom Kiely
establishes a world record in the hammer event. He becomes the first man to throw the hammer more than 160 feet.
Football
edit
International
18 February England 13–2 Ireland (in
Sunderland
)
[2]
4 March Ireland 1–0 Wales (in
Belfast
)
[2]
25 March Scotland 9–1 Ireland (in
Glasgow
)
[2]
Irish League
Winners:
Distillery
Irish Cup
Winners:
Linfield
2–1
Glentoran
Golf
edit
British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship
held at
Royal County Down Golf Club
(winner:
May Hezlet
)
Yachting
edit
America's Cup
Ulster Scots
grocer
Thomas Lipton
(
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
) makes his first unsuccessful challenge of the United States with
Shamrock
Births
edit
18 January –
Sir Anthony Esmonde, 15th Baronet
,
Fine Gael
TD
and
MEP
(died
1981
).
21 January –
John Bodkin Adams
,
general practitioner
in
Eastbourne
cleared of murdering one of his patients (died
1983
).
13 March –
Arthur Duff
, composer and conductor (died
1956
).
10 April –
Liam Ó Buachalla
,
Cathaoirleach
of
Seanad Éireann
1951–1954 and 1957–1969 (died
1970
).
26 April –
Jimmy O'Dea
, comedian (died
1965
).
25 May –
Lory Meagher
,
Kilkenny
hurler (died
1973
).
7 June –
Elizabeth Bowen
, novelist and short story writer (died
1973
).
20 June –
Robert Donovan
, cricketer (died
1932
).
4 July –
Alexander Armstrong
,
naval surgeon
, explorer and author (born
1818
).
15 July –
Seán Lemass
,
Fianna Fáil
TD
and founder member, Cabinet Minister and
Taoiseach
(died
1971
).
9 September –
Arland Ussher
, English-born academic, essayist and translator (died
1980
).
22 September –
Mick Gill
,
Galway
and
Dublin
hurler (died
1980
).
25 October –
Micheál MacLiammóir
, born Alfred Willmore, actor and dramatist (born in London; died
1978
).
26 November –
Jacko Heaslip
, cricketer (died
1966
).
10 December –
Garrett Howard
,
Dublin
and
Limerick
hurler (died
1995
).
Full date unknown
Tommy Coleman, Irish volunteer (died
1988
).
Patrick Giles
,
Fine Gael
TD
(died
1965
).
Paddy McLogan
,
Sinn Féin
President (died
1964
).
David Neligan
, policeman, "The Spy in the Castle" for
Michael Collins
(died
1983
).
Eugene O'Mahony
,
entomologist
and
museum curator
(died
1951
).
Deaths
edit
16 March –
Alexander Balloch Grosart
, Presbyterian minister and literary editor (born
1827 in Scotland
)
19 March –
Patrick Walsh
, journalist, politician and mayor of
Augusta, Georgia
(born
1840
).
16 May –
Frederick McCoy
,
palaeontologist
and
museum
administrator in
Australia
(born
1817
).
5 June –
Margaret Anna Cusack
, nun, writer and founder of the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
(born
1832
).
18 October –
Eugene O'Growney
, priest and scholar (born
1863
).
8 November –
Thomas Newenham Deane
, architect (born
1828
).
17 December –
Walter Shanly
, civil engineer, author, businessman and politician in
Canada
(born
1817
).
See also
edit
1899 in Scotland
1899 in Wales
References
edit
^
O’Riordan, Tomás.
Arthur Griffith
. University College Cork.
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c
Hayes, Dean (2006).
Northern Ireland International Football Facts
. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 156.
ISBN
0-86281-874-5
.