1902 in Ireland

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Events

7 January - Waterford Corporation passes a motion to confer the freedom of the city on John Redmond.
8 January - The Great National Convention takes place in the Round Room of the Rotunda in Dublin. Motions are passed regarding coercion, the Irish language and evicted tenants.
2 April - John Redmond is awarded the freedom of the City of Dublin.
2 June - The centenary of the Congregation of Christian Brothers is celebrated with High Mass in the Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago.
22 July - Thomas Croke dies at the age of 78. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel since 1875, he was the first patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association and a supporter of the Gaelic League and the Land League.
Spring to Autumn - the Cork International Exhibition (1902) is held.
Dunraven land conference starts.^[1]
The Roman Catholic Loughrea Cathedral is completed.
Michael McCarthy's Priests and People in Ireland is published.

2 April - First performance of W. B. Yeats's play Cathleen Ní Houlihan in Dublin.^[2]
The Irish Literary Theatre project ends.^[1]
Padraic Colum's anti-enlistment play, The Saxon Shillin', is awarded a prize by Cumann na nGaedheal.
Percy French writes the comic song Are Ye Right There Michael?
Augusta, Lady Gregory, publishes Cuchulain of Muirthemne, a retelling of Irish mythology in English.
Walter Osborne paints his last work, Tea in the Garden, in Dublin.

22 February Wales 0 - 3 Ireland (in Cardiff)^[3]

1 March Ireland 1 - 5 Scotland (in Belfast)^[3]

22 March Ireland 0 - 1 England (in Belfast)^[3]

Winners: Linfield

Winners: Linfield 5 - 0 Distillery

Winners: 26 April Hibernian 1 - 0 Celtic (at Celtic Park, Glasgow)

2 January - Dan Keating, Ireland's oldest man and last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence (died 2007).
13 January - Francis Connell, cricketer (died 1983).
20 January - Kevin Barry, executed for his part in an Irish Republican Army operation resulting in the deaths of three British soldiers (died 1920).
25 April Cormac Breslin, Fianna Fáil TD and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (died 1978).

20 July - Jimmy Kennedy, songwriter (died 1984).
21 July - William Bernard Barry, politician in the United States (died 1946 in the United States).
16 August - Arthur Douglas, cricketer and rugby player (died 1937).
4 September - Patrick Lenihan, Fianna Fáil TD (died 1970).
16 September - James Dillon, former leader of Fine Gael, TD and Minister (died 1986).
2 October - Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester, born Viscount Mandeville, British Royal Navy officer and hereditary peer (died 1977 in England).
16 December - Billy King, cricketer (died 1987).
29 December - Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford, politician, dramatist and poet (died 1961).
December - Maurice Gerard Moynihan, civil servant and writer (died 1999).

Thekla Beere, civil servant (died 1991).
Frank Carney, playwright and civil servant.
Maurice Gorham, journalist and broadcasting executive (died 1975).
Jim Hurley, veteran of the Irish War of Independence, Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler (died 1965).
Patrick MacDonogh, poet (died 1961).
Frank Ryan, member of the Irish Republican Army, editor of An Phoblacht, leftist activist and leader of Irish volunteers on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War (died 1944).
Francis Stuart, writer (died 2000).

20 January - Aubrey Thomas de Vere, poet and critic (born 1814).
10 March - C. Y. O'Connor, engineer in Australia (born 1843).
21 April - Ethna Carbery, writer and poet (born 1866).
20 July - John William Mackay, businessman in America (born 1831).
22 July - Thomas Croke, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, founder patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association (born 1824).
23 December - Lucius Gwynn, cricketer (born 1873).

John O'Hart, genealogist (born 1824).
Edward Harrington (b. c. 1852), Member of Parliament (MP) for West Kerry 1885–1892

↑ 1.0 1.1 Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., ed. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 380.
↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 460–461. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 157. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.