1894 in Ireland

1894 in Ireland

Events

* The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom William Ewart Gladstone retires from politics. In his career he introduced land reform to Ireland and also attempted to grant Home Rule.
* The first meeting of the Irish Trade Union Congress takes place.
* The Irish Agricultural Organisation Society is established by Horace Plunkett. The new organisation encourages the co-operative movement.

Arts and literature

* Somerville and Ross publish "The Real Charlotte."
* George Moore publishes "Esther Waters."

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Football

*International::24 February Wales 4 - 1 Ireland (in Swansea)cite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p 1|isbn=0-86281-874-5] ::3 March Ireland 2 - 2 England (in Belfast)::31 March Ireland 1 - 2 Scotland (in Belfast)

*Irish League::Winners: Glentoran

*Irish Cup::Winners: Distillery 2 - 2, 3 - 2 Linfield

Golf

*Portstewart Golf Club, County Londonderry, was founded.

Births

*1 January - Augustine Kelly, cricketer (d.1960).
*30 January - Wentworth Allen, cricketer (d.1943).
*1 May - James Everett, Irish Labour Party TD, Cabinet Minister, famed for "Battle of Baltinglass", 44 years service as a TD (d.1967).
*23 July - Norman Stronge, Ulster Unionist Party politician and Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons for 23 years (d.1981).
*24 August - Elisha Scott, footballer (d.1959).
*30 September - Michael Tierney, Cumann na nGaedhael TD, member of Seanad Éireann and President of University College Dublin (d.1975).
*3 October - Frederick Jeremiah Edwards, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at Thiepval, France (d.1964).
*14 October - Tom McEllistrim, Snr, Fianna Fáil TD (d.1973).
*14 November - Daniel Joseph Sheehan, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps pilot in World War I, killed in action (d.1917).
*17 December - Cecile O'Rahilly, scholar of the Celtic languages and writer (d.1980).

Full date unknown

*Eddie Duffy, traditional Irish musician (d.1986).
*Ronald Ossory Dunlop, painter and author (d.1973).
*Evie Hone, painter and stained glass artist (d.1955).
*Billy McCandless, footballer and football manager (d.1955).
*Walter Starkie, author and translator (d.1976).

Deaths

*26 September - Launt Thompson, sculptor (d.1833).
*28 December - James Graham Fair, part-owner of the Comstock Lode, United States Senator and real estate and railroad speculator (b.1831).

References


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