1902 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- January 7 - Waterford Corporation passes a motion to confer the freedom of the city on John Redmond.
- January 8 - The Great National Convention takes place in the Round Room of the Rotunda in Dublin. Motions are passed regarding coercion, the Irish language and evicted tenants.
- April 2 - John Redmond is awarded the freedom of Dublin.
- June 2 - The centenary of the Christian Brothers is celebrated with High Mass in the Pro-Cathedral on Dublin.
- July 22 - Archbishop Thomas Croke dies at the age of 78. He was the first patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association and was a supporter of the Gaelic League and the Land League.
- Dunraven land conference starts.[1]
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- International
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- Winners: Linfield
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- Winners: Linfield 5 - 0 Distillery
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- 2 January - Dan Keating, Ireland's oldest man and last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence (d.2007).
- 13 January - Francis Connell, cricketer (d.1983).
- 20 January - Kevin Barry, executed for his part in an Irish Republican Army operation resulting in the deaths of three British soldiers (d.1920).
- 25 April Cormac Breslin, Fianna Fáil TD and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (d.1978|).
[edit] July to December
- 20 July - Jimmy Kennedy, songwriter (d.1984).
- 21 July - William Bernard Barry, politician in the United States (d.1946).
- 16 August - Arthur Douglas, cricketer and rugby player (d.1937).
- 4 September - Patrick Lenihan, Fianna Fáil TD (d.1970).
- 16 September - James Dillon, former leader of Fine Gael, TD and Minister (d.1986).
- 16 December - Billy King, cricketer (d.1987).
- 29 December - Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford, politician, dramatist and poet (d.1961).
- December - Maurice Gerard Moynihan, civil servant and writer (d.1999).
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- Thekla Beere, civil servant (d.1991).
- Maurice Gorham, journalist and broadcasting executive (d.1975).
- Jim Hurley, veteran of the Irish War of Independence, Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler (d.1965).
- Patrick MacDonogh, poet (d.1961).
- Frank Ryan, member of the Irish Republican Army, editor of An Phoblacht, leftist activist and leader of Irish volunteers on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War (d.1944).
- Francis Stuart, writer (d.2000).
[edit] Deaths
- 20 January - Aubrey Thomas de Vere, poet and critic (b.1814).
- 10 March - C. Y. O'Connor, engineer in Australia (b.1843).
- 21 April - Ethna Carbery, writer and poet (b.1866).
- 20 July - John William Mackay, businessman in America (b.1831).
- 22 July - Thomas Croke, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, founder patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association (b.1824).
- 23 December - Lucius Gwynn, cricketer (b.1873).
[edit] Full date unknown
- John O'Hart, genealogist (b.1824).
