1878 in Ireland

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 4 Births 4.1 January to June 4.2 July to September 4.3 Full date unknown 5 Deaths 5.1 Full date unknown 6 References

Events

• August 24 - The narrow gauge Ballymena and Larne Railway starts passenger operations in County Antrim, the first on the Irish 3 ft narrow gauge.^[1][2]

Arts and literature

Sport

Births

January to June

• 8 January - Frederic Charles Dreyer, Royal Navy Admiral (d.1956).
• 1 February - Thomás MacDonagh, nationalist, poet, rebel and Easter Rising leader, executed (d.1916).
• 14 February - Daniel Corkery, writer, teacher and Fianna Fáil Senator (d.1964).
• 23 February - Pádraic Ó Máille, Sinn Féin MP and TD, Fianna Fáil Senator (d.1946).
• 13 March - Patrick McCartan, Sinn Féin MP and TD, member of 1st Dáil, a founder member of Clann na Poblachta (d.1966).
• 19 March - Michael James O'Rourke, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 at Hill 70 near Lens, France (d.1957).
• 11 April - Kathleen Clarke, widow of Tom Clarke, Sinn Féin and later Fianna Fáil TD, Seanad member, first female Lord Mayor of Dublin (d.1972).
• 17 April - Thomas Harvey, cricketer and rugby player (d.1966).
• 3 June - Sinéad de Valera, writer and wife of third President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera (d.1975).

July to September

• 24 July - Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, writer and dramatist (d.1957).
• 9 August - Eileen Gray, architect and designer (d.1976).
• 15 August - Harry Corley, cricketer and rugby union international (d.1936).
• 17 August - Oliver St. John Gogarty, physician, poet and writer (d.1957).
• 27 November - William Orpen, painter (d.1931).

Full date unknown

• Helena Concannon, Fianna Fáil politician and historian (d.1952).
• Jamesy Kelleher, Cork hurler (d.1943).
• Margaret Mary Pearse, Fianna Fáil TD and Seanad Éireann member, sister of Patrick Pearse (d.1968).
• Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, suffragist, pacifist and writer, murdered by British Army (d.1916).
• Geoffrey Taylour, 4th Marquess of Headfort, peer (d.1943).
• Dick Walsh, Kilkenny hurler (d.1958).

Deaths

• 2 April - William Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim, nobleman and landowner (b.1806).
• 22 September - Sir Richard John Griffith, 1st Baronet, geologist (b.1784).
• 24 October - Paul Cullen, Cardinal and Catholic Primate of Ireland (b.1803).
• 21 November - John Deyell, founder of Millbrook, Ontario (b. c1775)
• 22 December - Patrick Mylott, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 in India (b.1820).

Full date unknown

• Henry MacManus, artist (b. c1810)
• Charles Anderson Read, journalist, novelist and anthologist (b.1841)
• Richard Smyth, Presbyterian minister, academic and politician (b.1826).

References