1894 in Ireland

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See also:	1894 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1894 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1894 in Ireland.

Events

• 3 March –William Ewart Gladstoneresigns asPrime Minister of the United Kingdom.In his career, he introduced land reform to Ireland and also attempted to grantHome Rule.
• 14 June –hookerVictorycapsizes offWestport, County Mayowith the loss of at least 30 aboard.
• 15 August – theIrish Land and Labour Associationis formed at a labour convention atLimerick Junction,County Tipperary,with D. D. Sheehan as chairman andJ. J. O'Sheeas secretary.
• 28–29 December – the SSInishtrahullis lost offKilkeewith the loss of 26 aboard.
• The first meeting of theIrish Trades Union Congresstakes place.
• TheIrish Agricultural Organisation Societyis established byHorace Plunkett.The new organisation encourages the co-operative movement.
• ProfessorJohn JolyofTrinity College Dublin,devises acolour photographicprocess.
• Bewley'sopen their first café inDublin.

Arts and literature

• Thomas A. Finlay,S.J., is founding editor of the literary magazineTheNew Ireland Review(Dublin, March).
• George MoorepublishesEsther Waters.
• Somerville and RosspublishThe Real Charlotte.

Sport

Football

• International

  24 February Wales 4–1 Ireland (inSwansea)

  3 March Ireland 2–2 England (inBelfast)

  31 March Ireland 1–2 Scotland (in Belfast)

• Irish League

  Winners:Glentoran

• Irish Cup

  Winners:Distillery2–2, 3–2Linfield

Golf

• Portmarnock Golf Club,Fingal,andPortstewart Golf Club,County Londonderry,are founded.

Births

• 1 January –Augustine Kelly,cricketer (died1960).
• 30 January –Wentworth Allen,cricketer (died1943).
• 22 April –Evie Hone,painter and stained glass artist (died1955).
• 1 May –James Everett,Labour PartyTD,Cabinet Minister, famed forBattle of Baltinglass,44 years service as a TD (died1967).
• 5 May –Joe Keppel,comic performer (died1977).
• 4 June –Patricia Lynch,children's writer (died1972).
• 15 June –Maurice Moore,Irish republican fighting in theIrish War of Independence(executed1921).
• 28 June –Ronald Ossory Dunlop,painter and author (died1973).
• 22 July –Florence O'Donoghue,historian andIrish Republican Armyintelligence officer (died1967).
• 23 July –Norman Stronge,Ulster Unionist Partypolitician andSpeakerof theNorthern Ireland House of Commonsfor 23 years (died1981).
• 9 August –Walter Starkie,author, translator and scholar of southern European civilisations (died 1976 in Spain)
• 24 August –Elisha Scott,footballer (died1959).
• 31 August –Patrick Joseph Kelly,Bishop ofBenin City(died1991).
• 30 September –Michael Tierney,Cumann na nGaedhealTD,Fine Gaelmember ofSeanad Éireannand President ofUniversity College Dublin(died1975).
• 3 October –Frederick Jeremiah Edwards,recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1916 atThiepval,France(died1964).
• 14 October –Tom McEllistrim,Fianna FáilTD(died1973).
• 14 November –Daniel Joseph Sheehan,Royal Naval Air ServiceandRoyal Flying Corpspilot inWorld War I,killed in action (died1917).
• 17 December –Cecile O'Rahilly,scholar of theCeltic languagesand writer (died1980).

Deaths

• 20 January –Robert Halpin,master mariner (born1836).
• 30 August –Joseph Robinson Kirk,sculptor (born1821).
• 26 September –Launt Thompson,sculptor (born1833).
• 28 December –James Graham Fair,part-owner of theComstock Lode,United States Senatorand real estate and railroad speculator (born1831).

See also

• 1894 in Scotland
• 1894 in Wales