1901 in Ireland

Events

*January 1 - The centenary of the Act of Union is celebrated by British forces in Ireland.
*January 3 - Despite some opposition Drogheda Corporation votes to confer the freedom of the town on President Kruger of the Boers.
*January 22 - Queen Victoria dies in London. In Dublin theatres are closed and the blinds are drawn at the General Post Office.
*January 24 - In a state ceremony at Dublin Castle Edward VII is proclaimed King of Ireland.
*February 2 - Banks, public offices, theatres and music halls are closed in Dublin for the funeral of Queen Victoria.
*February 19 - Thomas O'Donnell, a Nationalist Member of Parliament, is stopped by the speaker from addressing the British House of Commons in Irish.
*May 20 - The Irish census return. The population of the entire island is 4.5 million people. Catholics outnumber Anglicans and Presbyterians by almost three to one.
*July 11 - The steam ship, Celtic, is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. She is now the largest ship in the world and will sail between Liverpool and New York.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*International::23 February Scotland 11 - 0 Ireland (in Glasgow)cite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p 157|isbn=0-86281-874-5] ::9 March England 3 - 0 Ireland (in Southampton)::23 March Ireland 0 - 1 Wales (in Belfast)

*Irish League::Winners: Distillery

*Irish Cup::Winners: Cliftonville 1 - 0 Freebooters

*St Columb's Court, a team from Derry, joins the Irish Football League, but only lasts one season.

Births

*11 February - Roddy Connolly, Irish Labour Party TD, Seanad member, son of James Connolly (d.1980).
*10 May - John Desmond Bernal, scientist (d.1971).
*5 June - Wilfred Hutton, cricketer (d.1978).
*8 June - John O'Sullivan, Fine Gael TD and Senator (d.1990).
*12 June - Jimmy Elwood, footballer (d.1936).
*18 June - Denis Johnston, dramatist (d.1984).
*5 July - Matt Goff, Kildare Gaelic footballer (d.1956).
*17 July - Patrick Smith, TD and Cabinet Minister (d.1982).
*6 October - Todd Andrews, Irish revolutionary and public servant (d.1985).
*7 November - Norah McGuinness, artist (d.1980).
*21 November - Finlay Jackson, cricketer and rugby player (d.1941).
*26 December - Gustavus Kelly, cricketer (d.1980).

Full date unknown

*Anthony Barry, businessman, Fine Gael TD, Seanad member and Lord Mayor of Cork (d.1983).
*Seán Clancy, veteran of the Irish War of Independence (d.2006).

Deaths

*8 January - John Barry, soldier, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Monument Hill, South Africa (b.1873).
*22 January - Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (b. 1819).
*14 March - Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran, Anglo-Irish peer and diplomat (b.1839).
*28 April - James Stephens, founding member of the Fenian Brotherhood movement (b.1824).
*1 July - James M. Bell, United States Army soldier, awarded the Medal of Honor in 1876 during the (b.1845).
*20 August - James Owens, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1854 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea (b.1829).
*8 September - Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, jurist, politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (b.1826).
*16 November - William George Nicholas Manley, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1864 near Tauranga, New Zealand (b.1831).
*4 December - William MacCormac, surgeon (b.1836).

Full date unknown

*Edward Ernest Bowen, schoolmaster (b.1836).

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