1877 in Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 4 Births 4.1 Full date unknown 5 Deaths 6 References

[edit] Events

• July - The narrow gauge Ballymena and Larne Railway starts operations in County Antrim.^[1]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Births

• 20 February - T. C. Hammond, Anglican clergyman, Principal of Moore Theological College, Sydney (d.1961).
• 17 March - George Gardiner, boxer (d.1954).
• 2 April - Gus Kelly, cricketer (d.1951).
• 26 April - Robert Gwynn, cricketer (d.1962).
• 26 May - Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, feminist, suffragette and writer (d.1946).
• 12 June - Hugh Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken, barrister (d.1950).
• 20 July - Tom Crean, Antarctic explorer and publican (d.1938).
• 2 December - Cahir Healy, Nationalist Party MP (d.1970).
• 15 December - John T. McNicholas, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati and founder of the Catholic Legion of Decency (d.1950).

[edit] Full date unknown

• George C. Bennett, Cumman na nGaedhael TD, later joined Fine Gael and Seanad Éireann member (d.1963).
• Tommy Henderson, Ulster independent Unionist politician (d.1970).
• Con Lehane, socialist active in the Irish Socialist Republican Party, the Social Democratic Federation, and the Socialist Party of Great Britain (d.1919).
• Richard Rowley, poet and writer (d.1947).

[edit] Deaths

• 1 October - David Moriarty, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kerry (b.1812).
• John O'Mahony, one of the founders of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (b.1816).

[edit] References