- 1894 in Ireland
Events
* The former
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom William Ewart Gladstone retires from politics. In his career he introduced land reform to Ireland and also attempted to grantHome Rule .
* The first meeting of theIrish Trade Union Congress takes place.
* TheIrish Agricultural Organisation Society is established byHorace Plunkett . The new organisation encourages the co-operative movement.Arts and literature
* Somerville and Ross publish "
The Real Charlotte ."
* George Moore publishes "Esther Waters ."port
Football
*International::
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Irish Cup ::Winners: Distillery 2 - 2, 3 - 2 LinfieldGolf
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Portstewart Golf Club ,County Londonderry , was founded.Births
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1 January -Augustine Kelly , cricketer (d.1960).
*30 January -Wentworth Allen , cricketer (d.1943).
*1 May -James Everett ,Irish Labour Party TD, Cabinet Minister, famed for "Battle of Baltinglass", 44 years service as a TD (d.1967).
*23 July -Norman Stronge ,Ulster Unionist Party politician and Speaker of theNorthern Ireland House of Commons for 23 years (d.1981).
*24 August -Elisha Scott , footballer (d.1959).
*30 September - Michael Tierney,Cumann na nGaedhael TD, member ofSeanad Éireann and President ofUniversity College Dublin (d.1975).
*3 October -Frederick Jeremiah Edwards , recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 atThiepval ,France (d.1964).
*14 October -Tom McEllistrim, Snr ,Fianna Fáil TD (d.1973).
*14 November -Daniel Joseph Sheehan ,Royal Naval Air Service andRoyal Flying Corps pilot inWorld War I , killed in action (d.1917).
*17 December -Cecile O'Rahilly , scholar of theCeltic languages and writer (d.1980).Full date unknown
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Eddie Duffy , traditional Irish musician (d.1986).
*Ronald Ossory Dunlop , painter and author (d.1973).
*Evie Hone , painter and stained glass artist (d.1955).
*Billy McCandless , footballer and football manager (d.1955).
*Walter Starkie , author and translator (d.1976).Deaths
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26 September -Launt Thompson , sculptor (d.1833).
*28 December -James Graham Fair , part-owner of theComstock Lode , United States Senator and real estate and railroad speculator (b.1831).References
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