1911 in Ireland

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Events in the year1911 in Ireland.

Events

• 5 January –Protestantchurch leaders condemned theNe TemerePapaldecree on mixed marriages.
• 2 April – Thenational population censuswas taken.
• 16 May – TheCunard Line'sSSIverniastruck a rock on enteringQueenstownharbour.
• 27 May – The first issue of theIrish Workerwas published. The paper was the official organ of theIrish Transport and General Workers' Union(ITGWU) and was edited byJames Larkin.
• 31 May – TheRMSTitanic'shull was launched at theHarland & Wolffshipyard inBelfast.It was the largest ship afloat. Her sisterRMSOlympicsailed forLiverpoolthe same day to take uptransatlanticservice.
• 22 June – AsGeorge Vwas crowned King inLondonaSinn Féinmeeting at the Customs House inDublincondemned Irish participation in the coronation ceremonies.
• 8–12 July – KingGeorge VandQueen Marymade a five-day royal visit to Dublin which was the last to the city this century. On 8 July, they officially open the College of Science inMerrion Squareand on 10 July they visitedSt Patrick's College, Maynooth.
• 9 August – A statue ofCharles Stewart Parnellwas hoisted onto its pedestal inSackville Street,Dublin.
• 17 August –Dublin County Councilvoted in favour of usingGreenwich Mean Time.The councillors heard that Irish time, being 25 minutes behind Greenwich, was a great handicap for trade.
• 18 August – TheParliament Actremoved theHouse of Lords' power regarding budgets and restricted their power over other bills to a two-yearsuspensive veto.This madeIrish Home Rulea possibility in the future.
• 21 August – The Irish Women's Suffrage Federation was founded.
• 26 August –Wexfordfoundry workers were locked out for attempting to join the ITGWU. The lockout continued until February 1912.
• 23 September – 70,000UnionistsandOrangemenmarched from Belfast to Craigavon House to protest against Home Rule.
• 1 October – The monument toParnellwas officially unveiled in Upper Sackville Street, Dublin.

  Full date unknown

  • A strike of women workers atJacob'sbiscuit factory in Dublin was organised byRosie Hackett.
  • The organisationRoyal Arch Purplewas formed, closely linked to theOrange Institution.
  • Bellevue Pleasure Gardens, a public park and recreational area, was opened on the slopes ofCavehillin Belfast.

Arts and literature

• 16 April –St. John Greer Ervine's playMixed Marriagepremiered at theAbbey Theatrein Dublin.
• 16 December – The ImperialCopyright Act(coming into effect in 1912) confirmed the library ofTrinity College Dublinas one of the six in the UK entitled to be given by legal deposit a copy of every British publication.
• TheKalem CompanyofNew Yorkshota filmbased on the playThe Colleen Bawnon location in Ireland with Canadian Irish directorSidney Olcott.(Another versionwas shot this year in Australia.)
• Patrick MacGill'sSongs of a Navvywas published.
• Adam Lynn'sUlster Scots dialectRandom Rhymes frae Cullybackeywas published.
• W. F. Marshall's poemsUlster Sails West,including "Hi Uncle Sam!",was published.
• The first volume,Ave,of novelistGeorge Moore's three-volume autobiographicalHail and Farewellwas published in the same year that he left Dublin to settle in London.
• Katharine Tynan Hinkson'sNew Poemswas published.

Sport

Association football

• International

  • 28 January – Ireland 1–2 Wales (inBelfast)
  • 11 February – England 2–2 Ireland (inDerby)
  • 18 March – Scotland 2–0 Ireland (inGlasgow)

• Irish League

  • Winners:Linfield F.C.

• Irish Cup

  • Winners:Shelbourne F.C.0 – 0, 2 – 1Bohemian F.C.

• Glenavon F.C.joined theIrish Football League,replacing Bohemian F.C. who had resigned from the League, but returned next year.

Gaelic Games

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1911Winners: Cork
• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1911Winners: Kilkenny
• Meath were declared Leinster football champions for 20 minutes, but when Kilkenny arrived late for the final, Meath agreed to play the match and were beaten.

Golf

• Cliftonville Golf Clubwas founded in Belfast.

Rugby

• 11 February – Ireland beat England by one try to nil at the firstRugby Unioninternational of the season atLansdowne Road.

Births

• 31 January –Eddie Byrne,actor (died 1981).
• 3 February –Tom Davis,association football player (died 1987).
• 4 February –Jimmy Walsh,Kilkenny hurler (died 1977).
• 12 February –Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh,Attorney-General,Chief Justice of Irelandand fifthPresident of Ireland(died 1978).
• 28 February –Denis Parsons Burkitt,surgeon (died 1993).
• 5 March –Joseph Tomelty,actor, novelist, and playwright (died 1995).
• 5 May –James Horan,Roman Catholicmonsignor,conceived and createdIreland West Airport(died 1986).
• 17 May –Maureen O'Sullivan,actress (died 1998).
• 27 July –Donal Lamont,Catholic Bishop in Rhodesia (died 2003).
• 29 July –Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews,soldier, recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1940 nearDunkirkin France (died 1995).
• 8 August –Billy Behan,association football player andfootball scout(died 1991).
• 18 September –Brinsley Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty,ufologist and politician (died 1995).
• 24 September –James Gill,cricketer (died 2000).
• 5 October –Brian O'Nolan,also known as Myles na gCopaleen, novelist, satirist, and humourist (died 1966).
• 11 October –Fred Daly,golfer (died 1990).
• 19 October –John de Courcy Ireland,maritime historian and political activist (died 2006).
• 26 December –John 'Tull' Dunne,Gaelic footballer,coach and administrator (died 1990).
• Full date unknown
  • Jimmy Kelly,association football player (died 1970).
  • Con Lehane,nationalist, member of theIRA Army Council,andDáilrepresentative (died 1983).

Deaths

• 3 February –Robert Tressell,writer and author ofThe Ragged Trousered Philanthropists(born 1870).
• 1 August –Dudley Stagpoole,soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1863 in New Zealand (born 1838).
• 16 August –Patrick Francis Moran,thirdArchbishop of Sydney(born 1830).
• 5 September –Katherine Cecil Thurston,novelist (born 1875).
• 23 September –Daniel O'Reilly,U.S. RepresentativefromNew York(born 1838).

See also

• 1911 in Scotland
• 1911 in Wales