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Contents |
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
- International
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- 18 February Ireland 0 - 13 England (in Belfast)[1]. First Irish international match.
- 25 February Wales 7 - 1 Ireland (in Wrexham). First Irish international goal scored by RS Johnston of Distillery[1].
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- Winners: Queens Island 2 - 1 Cliftonville
Births
January to June
- 17 January - Henry George Farmer, musicologist (d.1965).
- 2 February - James Joyce, writer and poet (d.1941).
- 9 February - James Stephens, novelist and poet (d.1950).
- 28 February - Pádraic Ó Conaire, journalist and writer (d.1928).
- 17 March - Alfred Byrne, Irish Nationalist politician, served both as an MP in the British House of Commons and as a TD in Dáil Éireann (d.1956).
- 24 April - Jack Rochford, Kilkenny hurler (d.1953).
July to December
- 1 July - Brian O'Higgins, Sinn Féin MP and President (d.1963).
- 2 August - Bryan Cusack, doctor, Sinn Féin MP, member 1st Dáil (d.1973).
- 25 August - Seán T. O'Kelly, founding member of Fianna Fáil, Cabinet Minister and second President of Ireland (d.1966).
- 6 October - William John English, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Vlakfontein, South Africa (d.1941).
- 11 October - John Cardinal D'Alton, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1946 to 1963 (d.1963).
- 14 October - Éamon de Valera, President, Taoiseach and Founder of Fianna Fáil, born in Manhattan, New York (d.1975).
- 21 October - George Gavan Duffy, barrister, Sinn Féin MP (d.1951).
- 20 November - John Aston, cricketer (d.1951).
- 21 November - Thomas J. O'Connell, trade unionist, Irish Labour Party leader, TD and Senator (d.1969).
Full date unknown
- Darrell Figgis, writer, Sinn Féin activist and independent politician (d.1925).
- Bulmer Hobson, member of Irish Volunteers, socialist and writer (d.1969).
- Herbert Hughes, musicologist, composer and critic (d.1937).
- Anthony Mulvey, editor and Nationalist Party MP (d.1957).
- Thomas Sadleir, genealogist (d.1957).
Deaths
- 28 February - John Thomas Romney Robinson, astronomer and physicist (b.1792).
- 7 April - Denis Florence MacCarthy, poet, translator, biographer (b.1817).
- 17 April - Michael Hannan, Archbishop in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia (b.1821).
- 6 May - Thomas Henry Burke, Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office, assassinated in the Phoenix Park Murders (b.1829).
- 9 December - Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet, Conservative Party MP and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b.1804).
Full date unknown
- J. J. McCarthy, architect (b.1817).
- Patrick Murray, theologian (b.1811).
References
- ^ a b Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press, p 149. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.