1891 in Ireland

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Events

March - Anti-Parnellites form the Irish National Federation and win seats in Sligo and Carlow.
June - Charles Stewart Parnell marries Kitty O'Shea in Sussex.
6 October - Charles Stewart Parnell dies. Up to 200,000 people attend the funeral of the 'Uncrowned King of Ireland.'
The Balfour Land Act makes more funds available for land purchase and sets up the Congested Districts Board for Ireland.
The Irish Daily Independent newspaper is founded. It becomes the Irish Independent in 1905.
James Stephens, founder of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, returns home to Ireland after 25 years in exile.
Michael Davitt, standing as an anti-Parnellite candidate, is defeated by John Redmond in a Waterford by-election.

7 February Ireland 7 - 2 Wales (in Belfast)^[1]

7 March England 6 - 1 Ireland (in Wolverhampton)^[1]

March Scotland 2 - 1 Ireland (in Glasgow)^[1]

Winners: Linfield (first ever winners)

Winners: Linfield 4 - 2 Ulster

Belfast Celtic F.C. is founded.
Derry Olympic is founded. It joins the Irish Football League the next year, but only lasts one season.

18 February - John M. O'Sullivan, Cumann na nGaedheal TD and cabinet Minister (died 1948).
21 February - Harry Colley, Fianna Fáil TD, Seanad member (died 1972).
21 February - Seán Heuston, Fianna Éireann member, took part in the Easter Rising, executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Jail (died 1916).
25 February - Edward Daly, took part in Easter Rising, executed by firing squad (died 1916).
March - Emily Anderson, British Foreign Office official and scholar of German (died 1962).
10 April - Kaye Don, racing driver (died 1981).
20 June - John A. Costello, barrister, Attorney-General, Fine Gael TD and twice Taoiseach (died 1976).

3 July
- Arthur Blair-White, cricketer (died 1975).
- Bridget Dowling, Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler, Jr. (died 1969).
6 August - Billy Gillespie, soccer player (died 1981).
23 October - John Caffrey, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 near La Brique, France (died 1953).
1 November - Peter J. Ward, Sinn Féin (later Cumann na nGaedheal) TD, member 1st Dáil (died 1970).
15 November - Willie Pearse, took part in the Easter Rising, executed, brother of Patrick Pearse (died 1916).
6 December - James Ryan, Fianna Fáil TD Member of 1st Dáil and Cabinet Minister (died 1970).

5 May - William Connor Magee, Anglican clergyman, Archbishop of York (born 1821).
18 May - Thomas Grady, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1854 at Sebastopol, the Crimea (born 1835).
15 June - James Patrick Mahon, Irish nationalist politician and international mercenary (born 1800).
6 October - Charles Stewart Parnell, political leader.
28 November - William James Lendrim, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimea (born 1830).
12 December - Alexander Workman, politician in Canada and Mayor of Ottawa (born 1798).
13 December - William Gorman Wills, dramatist and painter (born 1828).

Augustus Nicholas Burke, artist (born 1838).
James O'Connor, first Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Diocese of Omaha (born 1823).

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. pp. 152–153. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.