1898 in Ireland

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See also:	1898 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1898 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1898 in Ireland.

Events

• By March – Dr. John F. Colohan ofDublinimports the first petrol driven car into Ireland, aBenz Velo.
• 6 July –Guglielmo Marconiconducts a testradio telegraphtransmission forLloyd'sbetweenBallycastle, County Antrim,andRathlin Island.
• 12 August –James Connollylaunches the first issue of theWorkers' Republicnewsletter.
• September –Tom Clarkeis releasedafter serving 15 years inPentonville Prison.
• 20 October –George Curzonis created Baron Curzon of Kedleston,the last appointment to thePeerage of Ireland.
• TheLocal Government (Ireland) Actis introduced. It establishes popularly elected local authorities and gives qualified women a vote for the first time.County Tipperaryis divided administratively intoNorth Tipperary(county town:Nenagh) andSouth Tipperary(county town:Clonmel).
• TheMary Immaculate CollegeinLimerickis founded to trainRoman Catholicnational school teachers.
• TheGaelic Leagueholds its firstfeisatMacroom,County Cork.
• Work starts on the building ofBelfast City Hall.
• Donegal Carpetsis established.

Arts and literature

• Eleanor HullpublishesThe Cuchullin Saga in Irish Literature, being a collection of stories relating to the hero Cuchullin, translated from the Irish by various scholars.
• Peadar Ua Laoghaire's storySéadnabegins serialisation as the firstIrish languagenovel (published in book form1904).
• Oscar WildepublishesThe Ballad of Reading Gaol.

Sport

Football

• International

  19 February Wales 0–1 Ireland (inLlandudno)

  5 March Ireland 2–3 England (inBelfast)

  26 March Ireland 0–3 Scotland (in Belfast)

• Irish League

  Winners:Linfield

• Irish Cup

  Winners:Linfield2–0St Columb's Hall Celtic

Births

• 6 January –James Fitzmaurice,pilot and aviation pioneer (died1965)
• 7 February –Reginald N. Webster,businessman in America andThoroughbredracehorseowner (died1983)
• 13 February –Frank Aiken,Fianna FáilTDand founding member, Cabinet Minister andTánaiste(died1983)
• 28 February –Hugh O'Flaherty,Catholicpriest,saved about 4,000 Allied soldiers andJewsin theVaticanduring World War II (died1963)
• 18 April –Patrick Hennessy,industrialist (died1981)
• 6 June –Ninette de Valois,founder of theRoyal Ballet(died2001)
• 4 October –Charles McCausland,cricketer (died1965)
• 1 November –James Foley,cricketer (died1969)
• 25 November –E. Chambré Hardman,photographer (died1988)
• 29 November –C. S. Lewis,novelist, author ofThe Chronicles of Narnia(died1963)
• Full date unknown –Liam Deasy,Irish Republican Armyofficer in theIrish War of Independenceand theIrish Civil War(died1974)

Deaths

• 12 January –Daniel Connor,convicttransportedtoWestern Australia,businessman (born1831)
• 25 January –Frederick Dobson Middleton,British general noted for his service particularly in theNorth-West Rebellion(born1825)
• 14 February –Arthur Gwynn,cricketer and rugby player (born1874)
• 13 March –Richard Quain,physician (born1816)
• 17 March –John Thomas Ball,lawyer, politician andLord Chancellor of Ireland,1875–1881 (born1815)
• 24 March –George Thomas Stokes,ecclesiastical historian (born1843)
• 28 March – SirJohn Arnott,businessman (born1814 in Scotland)
• 1 April –Samuel Davidson,biblical scholar (born1806)
• 11 May –Dalton McCarthy,lawyer and politician in Canada (born1836)
• 29 June –William Knox Leet,recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1879 atInhlobana,Zululand, South Africa (born1833)
• 13 August –Charles Frederick Houghton,soldier and politician in Canada (born1839)
• 24 November –George James Allman,naturalist, Emeritus Professor of Natural History inEdinburgh(born1812)
• 1 December –Charles Magill,member of the1st Canadian ParliamentandmayorofHamilton(born1816)

See also

• 1898 in Scotland
• 1898 in Wales