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1890 in Ireland
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Decades:
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1890s
• 1900s • 1910s
Centuries:
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19th
• 20th • 21st
See also:
1890 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1890
List of years in Ireland
Contents
1
Events
2
Arts and literature
3
Sport
3.1
Football
4
Births
4.1
Full date unknown
5
Deaths
5.1
Full date unknown
6
References
Events
20 June - The newly covered
St George's Market
in
Belfast
is opened to the public.
17 November - Captain
Willy O'Shea
divorces his wife,
Kitty
, and wins custody of their children.
Charles Stewart Parnell
is named as the
co-respondent
.
25 November - Despite his personal problems Parnell is re-elected as leader of the
Irish Parliamentary Party
.
Prime Minister
William Ewart Gladstone
announces that
Home Rule
for Ireland is impossible as long as Parnell remains as leader of the Party.
6 December - After five days of discussion and argument about Parnell's leadership, 44 members of the Irish parliamentary Party walk out of the meeting and withdraw from the Party. Parnell is left with only 28 supporters.
Albert Bridge, Belfast
is completed.
Dublin Museum of Science and Art
opens.
The
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
is founded.
A study finds that the most common
Irish
surnames are Murphy, Kelly, O'Sullivan and Walshe.
Arts and literature
Douglas Hyde
publishes
Beside the Fire.
13 December -
W. B. Yeats
' poem
The
Lake Isle of Innisfree
first published, in
The National Observer
(London)
.
Sport
Football
International
8 February Wales 5 - 2 Ireland (in
Shrewsbury
)
[
1
]
15 March Ireland 1 - 9 England (in
Belfast
)
[
1
]
29 March Ireland 1 - 4 Scotland (in Belfast)
[
1
]
Irish Cup
Winners:
Gordon Highlanders 2 - 2, 3 - 1
Cliftonville
The
Irish Football League
is formed.
Solitude
football ground in
Belfast
, the home of
Cliftonville
, is opened, making it the oldest football ground in
Ireland
.
Bohemian Football Club
is founded in
Dublin
.
Births
12 February -
Conn Ward
,
Fianna Fáil
politician (d.
1966
).
23 March -
James Gogarty
, took part in
Easter Rising
, first known I.R.B. casualty of the Irish War of Independence (d.
1921
).
17 May -
David P. Tyndall
, businessman (d.
1970
).
11 July -
William O'Dwyer
, judge, District Attorney and 100th
Mayor of New York City
(d.
1964
).
16 October -
Michael Collins
,
Revolutionary
and Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army, Cabinet Minister, shot and killed (d.
1922
).
30 October -
Arthur Bateman
, cricketer (d.
1918
).
Full date unknown
Jack Finlay
,
Laois
hurler and
TD
(d.
1942
).
Seamus Robinson
, member of
Irish Volunteers
and
Irish Republican Army
(d.
1961
).
Deaths
12 January -
Anthony Lefroy
, Irish
Conservative Party
MP
for
Longford
in the
United Kingdom Parliament
(b.
1800
).
14 March -
C. P. Meehan
, priest, poet and writer (b.
1812
).
4 April -
Charles Joseph Alleyn
, lawyer and political figure in
Quebec
(b.
1817
).
29 May -
Samuel Mullen
, bookseller (b.
1828
).
20 July -
Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet
, art collector and MP (b.
1818
).
10 August -
John Boyle O'Reilly
, poet and novelist (b.
1844
).
18 September -
Dion Boucicault
, actor and playwright (b.c1820).
Full date unknown
James P. Boyd
, businessman and politician in
Ontario
(b.
1826
).
John Coghlan
, public works engineer in
Argentina
(b.
1824
).
References
^
a
b
c
Hayes, Dean (2006).
Northern Ireland International Football Facts
. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 152.
ISBN
0-86281-874-5.