1873 in Ireland

1873
in
Ireland

Decades:	1850s • 1860s • 1870s • 1880s • 1890s
Centuries:	17th • 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st
See also:	1873 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1873 List of years in Ireland

Events

February - Irish Home Rule Movement: Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain founded in Manchester.^[1]
March - Gladstone's Irish University Bill defeated in the House of Commons.^[1]
November 18–21 - Irish Home Rule Movement: The Home Government Association reconstitutes itself as the Home Rule League.

9 January - John Flanagan, three-time Olympic gold medalist in the hammer throw (d.1938).
17 January - T. C. Murray, dramatist (d.1959).
27 January - Alexander Young, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Ruiterskraal, South Africa, killed in action (d.1916).
1 February - John Barry, soldier, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Monument Hill, South Africa (d.1901).
20 March - Cecil Lowry-Corry, 6th Earl Belmore, High Sheriff and councillor (d.1949).
19 April - Thomas Joseph Crean, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Tygerkloof Spruit, South Africa (d.1923).
5 May - Lucius Gwynn, cricketer (d.1902).
28 May - D. D. Sheehan, journalist, barrister, author, Irish Parliamentary Party MP, one of four MP's to serve in 16th (Irish) Division in World War I (d.1948).
3 June - Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet, barrister, member of Seanad (d.1956).
14 June - William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse, soldier (d.1918).

6 August - James O'Mara, Irish Parliamentary Party and Sinn Féin MP (d.1948).
2 September - James Duhig, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane (d.1965).
30 October - Dave Gallaher, rugby player for New Zealand, killed at the Battle of Passchendaele (d.1917).
26 November - Tom Sharkey, boxer (d.1953).
5 December - William Crozier, cricketer (d.1916).
9 December - James McCombs, politician in New Zealand (d.1933).
12 December - Lola Ridge, anarchist poet and editor (d.1941).

James Cousins, poet and writer (d.1956).
John J. O'Kelly, politician, author and publisher, president of the Gaelic League and Sinn Féin (d.1957).
Peig Sayers, writer and seanachaí (d.1958).

7 February - Sheridan Le Fanu, novelist (b.1814).
20 February - James Haughton, social reformer and temperance activist (b.1795).
30 March - Richard Church, soldier, military officer and general in the Greek Army (b.1784).
8 April - Charles Irwin, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (b.1824).

^ ^a ^b Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., ed (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 77.