1908 in Ireland

Events

*11 May - The British House of Commons votes in favour of the Irish Universities Bill. This ultimately leads to the establishment of the National University of Ireland and Queen's University of Belfast.
*19 May - Work begins on a monument to Charles Stewart Parnell in Upper Sackville Street.
*8 September - Padraic Pearse opens Scoil Eanna (St. Enda's) school for boys in Cullenstown House, Rathmines. It would be later moved to the Hermitage, Rathfarnham.
*11 November - Irish Women's Franchise League was formed with Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington as secretary.
*29 December - Formation of the Irish Transport Workers' Union with James Larkin as general secretary.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*International::15 February Ireland 1 - 3 England (in Belfast)cite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p 159-160 |isbn=0-86281-874-5] ::14 March Ireland 0 - 5 Scotland (in Dublin)::11 April Wales 0 - 1 Ireland (in Aberdare)

*Irish League::Winners: Linfield

*Irish Cup::Winners: Bohemians 1 - 1, 3 - 1 Shelbourne

Golf

*The course at Royal County Down Golf Club is modified by Harry Vardon, and King Edward VII bestows royal patronage on the club.

Births

*10 March - Patrick Shanahan, Fianna Fáil TD (d.2000).
*27 April - Patrick Shea, former Permanent Secretary in the Northern Ireland Civil Service (d.1986).
*10 June - Gerard Sweetman, former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister (d.1970).
*20 July - Mad Dog Coll, mob hitman in New York (d.1932).
*18 August - Sam English, soccer player (d.1967).
*6 December - Con Cremin, diplomat (d.1987).

Full date unknown

*Hugh Delargy, British Labour Party politician and MP (d.1976).
*Frances Kelly, painter (d.2002).
*Niall Ó Dónaill, Irish language lexicographer and writer (d.1995).
*Mervyn Wall, novelist and dramatist (d.1997).
*Jim Ware, Waterford hurler (d.1983).

Deaths

*3 February - Thomas Mellon, entrepreneur, lawyer, and judge, founder of Mellon Bank (b.1813).
*23 March - Frederick Falkiner, lawyer, judge and author (b.1831).
*10 June - John F. Finerty, U.S. Representative from Illinois (b.1846).
*6 July - Thomas William Moffett, scholar, educationalist and President of Queen's College Galway (b.1820).
*5 August - Caesar Litton Falkiner, Irish Unionist Party politician, barrister, writer and historian (b.1863).
*30 August - Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, eighteenth Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin (b.(1840).
*4 November - John Pinkerton, Irish Parliamentary Party MP (b.1845).
*15 December - Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley, British military officer and MP (b.1831).
*19 December - Thomas Cleeve, founder of Condensed Milk Company of Ireland, High Sheriff of Limerick (b.1844).

Full date unknown

*Eyre Massey Shaw, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (now renamed the London Fire Brigade) (b.1830).

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