1885 in Ireland

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Events

24 January - Irish terrorists damage Westminster Hall and the Tower of London with dynamite.^[1]
2 August - William Walsh is consecrated as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, an office he will hold until his death in 1921.
The Munster & Leinster Bank, a constituent of Allied Irish Banks, begins operations following the collapse of the Munster Bank.
The Railway Tavern in Belfast is renovated and reopened as the Crown Liquor Saloon.
The distinctive twin spires are added to St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast, which had been dedicated in 1860.
Jacob's open a biscuit bakery in Waterford.
2-year-old Éamon de Valera is brought from the United States to live with his maternal family in County Limerick following the death of his father.

28 February England 4 - 0 Ireland (in Manchester)^[3]

14 March Scotland 8 - 2 Ireland (in Glasgow)^[3]

11 April Ireland 2 - 8 Wales (in Belfast)^[3]

Winners: Distillery 2 - 0 Limavady Alexander

12 January - Thomas Ashe, took part in the Easter Rising, died following forcible feeding while on hunger strike (died 1917).
12 January - Maire O'Neill, actress (died 1952).
18 January - George Meldon, cricketer (died 1951).
19 January - Joseph Connolly, Fianna Fáil politician (died 1961).
8 February - Frederick William Hall, soldier, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres in Belgium (died 1915).
27 February - Bethel Solomons, obstetrician and rugby player (died 1965).
28 February - Robert Quigg, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme (died 1955).
25 May - Gerald Boland, founder-member of Fianna Fáil, served as Minister for Posts & Telegraphs, Minister for Lands and Minister for Justice (died 1973).
30 May - Thomas Hughes, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at Guillemont, France (died 1942).
9 June - William Coffey, cricketer.
24 September - Shane Leslie, diplomat and writer (died 1971).
25 December - Jimmy Gardner, boxer.

Patrick Belton, Fianna Fáil and Cumann na nGaedheal TD, President of the anti-communist Irish Christian Front (died 1945).
Charles Campbell, 2nd Baron Glenavy, peer (died 1963).
C. Morton Horne, musical comedy performer (killed in action 1916)
Michael Staines, Sinn Féin TD, member of 1st Dáil, first Commissioner of the Garda Síochána (died 1955).

↑ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 310–311. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
↑ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 150. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.