1891 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- 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.
- Parnellites form the Irish National Federation and win seats in Sligo and Carlow.
- 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.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Oscar Wilde publishes The Picture of Dorian Gray.
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- International
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- 7 February Ireland 7 - 2 Wales (in Belfast)[1]
- 7 March England 6 - 1 Ireland (in Wolverhampton)[1]
- March Scotland 2 - 1 Ireland (in Glasgow)[1]
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- Winners: Linfield (first ever winners)
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- Winners: Linfield 4 - 2 Ulster
- Derry Olympic is founded. It joins the Irish Football League the next year, but only lasts one season.
[edit] Gaelic Games
[edit] Births
- 18 February - John M. O'Sullivan, Cumann na nGaedhael TD and cabinet Minister (d.1948).
- 21 February - Harry Colley, Fianna Fáil TD, Seanad member (d.1972).
- 21 February - Seán Heuston, Fianna Éireann member, took part in the Easter Rising, executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Jail (d.1916).
- 25 February - Edward Daly, took part in Easter Rising, executed by firing squad (d.1916).
- March - Emily Anderson, British Foreign Office official and scholar of German (d.1962).
- 20 June - John A. Costello, barrister, Attorney-General, Fine Gael TD and twice Taoiseach (d.1976).
- 3 July - Arthur Blair-White, cricketer (d.1975).
- 6 August - Billy Gillespie, soccer player (d.1981).
- 1 November - Peter J. Ward, Sinn Féin (later Cumann na nGaedhael) TD, member 1st Dáil (d.1970).
- 15 November - Willie Pearse, took part in the Easter Rising, executed, brother of Patrick Pearse (d.1916).
- 6 December - James Ryan, Fianna Fáil TD Member of 1st Dáil and Cabinet Minister (d.1970).
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- Bridget Dowling, Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler, Jr. (d.1969).
- Patrick Hogan, Sinn Féin and Cumann na nGaedhael TD (d.1936).
- Joseph O'Doherty, Sinn Féin MP, Fianna Fáil TD and Seanad member (d.1979).
[edit] Deaths
- 5 May - William Connor Magee, Anglican clergyman, Archbishop of York (b.1821).
- 18 May - Thomas Grady, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1854 at Sebastopol, the Crimea (b.1835).
- 15 June - James Patrick Mahon, Irish nationalist politician and international mercenary (b.1800).
- 6 October - Charles Stewart Parnell, political leader.
- 28 November - William James Lendrim, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimea (b.1830).
- 12 December - Alexander Workman, politician in Canada and Mayor of Ottawa (b.1798).
- 13 December - William Gorman Wills, dramatist and painter (b.1828).
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- Augustus Nicholas Burke, artist (b.1838).
- James O'Connor, first Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Diocese of Omaha (b.1823).
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press, p 152-153. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
