1876 in Ireland
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Events from the year1876 in Ireland.
Events[edit]
- 26 January –Dublin Women's Suffrage Associationestablished.[1]
- 1 April –Great Northern Railway (Ireland)formed by a merger of theIrish North Western Railway,Northern Railway of Irelandand theUlster Railway.[2]
- June –Dublin Artisans' Dwellings Companyestablished.[3]
- 29 December –Society for the Preservation of the Irish Languageestablished.[4]
- Return of Owners of Land in Ireland made.[5]
- St. Michael's Hospital (Dún Laoghaire)established by theSisters of Mercy.[6]
- Grangegorman Military Cemeteryopens in Dublin.
Arts and literature[edit]
- March –George Bernard Shawmoves permanently from Dublin to England.
- Earliest published version of the song "Molly Malone",inBoston,Massachusetts.
- Song "Rose of Killarney" composed byJohn Rogers Thomasin the United States.
Sport[edit]
- July – FirstAll Ireland Lawn Tennis Championshipsheld in Dublin.
- FirstUlster Schools' Cup(rugby union) competition.
- Sports clubs established:Clontarf Cricket Club,Clontarf F.C.(rugby union), Mountmellick Athletic Club,St Finbarr's National Hurling & Football Club(Cork).
Births[edit]
- 5 January –Lucien Bull,pioneer inchronophotography(died1972 in France).
- 21 January
- James Charles Brady,Canadianpolitician (died1962 in Canada).
- James Larkin,trade union leader, socialist andIrish Labour PartyTD,inLiverpool(died1947).
- 25 February –Philip Graves,journalist and writer (died1953).
- 11 April –Paul Henry,artist (died1958).
- 14 June –George Townshend,writer, clergyman andBaháʼí(died1957).
- 27 June –Gladys Wynne,landscape watercolourist (died1968).
- 3 August –Sep Lambert,cricketer (died1959).
- 22 October –Feardorcha Ó Conaill,Gaelic scholar (died1929)
- Full date unknown
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- Cissie Cahalan,trade unionist, feminist and suffragette (died1948).
- Frederick James Walker,motor cycle racer (killed at1914 Isle of Man TTraces).
Deaths[edit]
- 15 February –Daniel Pollen,politician, ninthPremier of New Zealand(born1813).
- 19 April –William Wilde,surgeon, author and father ofOscar Wilde(born1815).
- 7 May –Joseph Philip Ronayne,civil engineer (born1822).
- 16 June –Sir Henry Thomas,police magistrate inLondon(born1807).
- 25 June –Myles Keogh,officer inAmerican Civil War,later inU.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment,killed at theBattle of the Little Bighorn(born1840).
- 14 July –James Henry,physician, classical scholar and poet (born1798).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^O'Neill, Marie (1985). "The Dublin Women's Suffrage Association and Its Successors".Dublin Historical Record.38(4): 126–140.ISSN0012-6861.JSTOR30100670.
- ^Patterson, Edward M. (1962).The Great Northern Railway of Ireland.Oakwood Press.
- ^O'Riordan, Colum (2017-07-28)."Homes for Workers: a 'House and Home' blog – Irish Architectural Archive".Irish Architectural Archive.Archivedfrom the original on 2017-11-04.Retrieved2021-10-21.
- ^"Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language".Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature.
- ^"Land Owners in Ireland 1876".Fáilte Romhat.Retrieved2024-04-11.
- ^"Annual Review 2004"(PDF).St Vincent's Healthcare Group. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2017-08-02.Retrieved2019-05-17.