1903 in Ireland

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Events in the year1903 in Ireland.

Events

• 3 January – The Norwegian shipRemittantwas towed into quarantine inQueenstownwith the entire crew suffering fromberiberi.
• 3 February – The proposed canonisation ofOliver Plunkettwas discussed inRome.
• 26–27 February – "Ulysses"Storm: A windstorm passed across Ireland, uprooting 1–3,000 trees inPhoenix Park.
• 26 February – Theocean linerSSColumbuswas launched byHarland and WolffinBelfast.
• 27 February – A meeting at theMansion House, Dublin,enthusiastically welcomed a movement to establishSaint Patrick's Dayas a national holiday.
• 8 March –Charles Gavan Duffywas buried atGlasnevin CemeteryinDublin.He was laid to rest near others who took part in theYoung Irelander Rebellion of 1848.
• 9 March – TheLondonderry and Lough Swilly Railway'sLetterkennyandBurtonportExtension was opened.
• 17 March – InWaterford,Saint Patrick's Day was marked as a public holiday (to encouragetemperance).
• 26 March – TheChief Secretary for Ireland,George Wyndham,introduced hisIrish Land Billin theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom.
• 31 March – The Lord-Lieutenant announced thatEdward VIIandQueen Alexandraintended to visit Ireland within the coming year.
• 15 May – The Chief Secretary for Ireland,George Wyndham,asked for support for hisIrish Land Bill.
• 23 May – Extracts from the annual report of theBritish Armyshowed that there were 35,717 Irishmen in its service.
• 9 June –Trinity College Dublinannounced following a vote that it was to award degrees to women. The first women would be admitted in 1904.
• 1 July – The Belfast and Northern Counties Railway became theNorthern Counties Committeeof theMidland Railwayof England.
• 19–27 July –Edward VIImade his first visit to Ireland as monarch,landing atBuncrana.
• 14 August – TheLand Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903was passed in theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom,offering special incentives to landlords to sell their entire estates.
• 5 September – Irish painterHenry Jones Thaddeuswas granted permission to paint the first portrait ofPope Pius X.
• 13 November – The 2nd Battalion of TheRoyal Dublin Fusilierswas welcomed home after nearly 20 years of foreign service.

  Undated

  • Independent Orange Institutionwas formed, as a breakaway from theOrange Institution.
  • ThePigeon House generating stationin Dublin started producing electricity.
  • The withdrawal of the last British Royal Navyguard shipto be permanently stationed atKingstown,the cruiserHMSMelampus(1890),took place.
  • TheCork International Exhibitionwas re-opened.

Arts and literature

• January –An Túr Gloine,thecooperativestudio forstained glass,was established bySarah Purserin Dublin.
• 8 October –J. M. Synge's play,In the Shadow of the Glen,was first performed at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin.
• 7 December – The firstIrish languageopera,Muirgheis,with music byThomas O'Brien Butlerand libretto by Thadgh O'Donoghue was first performed at theTheatre Royal, Dublin.
• Padraic Colum'sBroken Soilwas performed byW. G. Fay's Irish National Dramatic Company.
• George Moore's short storiesThe Untilled Fieldwere published.
• 'Æ' (George William Russell)'sThe Nuts of Knowledge, lyrical poems old and newwas published byElizabeth Yeats'sDun Emer PressatDundrum, Dublin.
• W. B. Yeats's poetry collectionIn the Seven Woods,being poems of the Irish heroic agewas published by his sister's Dun Emer Press;he also published his essaysIdeas of Good and Evil.
• County Cork-born Chicago chief of policeFrancis O'Neill's collectionO'Neill's Music of Irelandwas published.

Sport

Association football

• International

  14 February – England 4–0 Ireland (inWolverhampton)

  21 March – Scotland 0–2 Ireland (inGlasgow)

  28 March – Ireland 2–0 Wales (inBelfast)

  Irish League

  Winners:Distillery F.C.

  Irish Cup

  Winners:Distillery F.C.3–1Bohemian F.C.

• Bohemian F.C. became the first Dublin team to join theIrish Football League.
• The Ovalfootball stadium, home ofGlentoran F.C.,was rebuilt, with the pitch being turned around ninety degrees.

Motor racing

• 2 July – TheGordon Bennett Cuprace was run on Irish public roads, the first international motor race in Ireland. The winner wasCamille Jenatzy.

Births

• 15 January –Joe Stynes,Irish Republicanand sportsman (died 1991).
• 19 January –Alfred Lane Beit,British politician, art collector and philanthropist,honorary Irish citizen(died 1994).
• 28 January –Kathleen Lonsdale,X-ray crystallographer (died 1971).
• 2 February –Hilton Edwards,actor, director, co–founder ofGate Theatre,born in London (died 1982).
• 5 February –William Teeling,author, traveller and UK politician (died 1975).
• 23 February –Alec Mackie,association football player (died 1984 in Northern Ireland).
• 11 March –Michael Hilliard,Fianna FáilpartyTeachta Dála(TD), Cabinet minister andMember of the European Parliament(died 1982).
• 13 March –Joseph Blowicksecond leader of theClann na Talmhanparty, TD and Cabinet minister (died 1970).
• 5 April –Leo Rowsome,teacher, player, and maker ofuilleann pipes(died 1970).
• 12 April –Paddy Collins,Corkhurler (died 1995).
• 25 May –Ewart Milne,poet (died 1987).
• 8 June –Harry Duggan,association football player (died 1968).
• 17 July –Dinny Barry-Murphy,Cork hurler (died 1973).
• 18 July –Charles Hill,cricketer (died 1982).
• 5 August –Achey Kelly,cricketer (died 1961).
• 17 September –Frank O'Connor,short story writer and memoirist (died 1966).
• 6 October –Ernest Walton,physicist, 1951Nobel Prize for Physics(died 1995).
• 23 October –Patrick Cogan,Independent TD (died 1977).
• 1 November –Max Adrian,actor (died 1973).
• 18 December –Harry Forsyth,cricketer (died 2004).

  Undated

  • Leo Maguire,singer, songwriter and radio broadcaster (died 1985).
  • Stanley Woods,motor cycle racer, with 29 Grand Prix wins and 10Isle of Man TTwins (died 1993).

Deaths

• 9 February –Charles Gavan Duffy,nationalistandAustraliancolonial politician (born 1816).
• 5 April –Mary Anne Sadlier,novelist (born 1820).
• 24 April –Walter Osborne,impressionist painter (born 1859).
• 27 April –William Travers,lawyer, politician, explorer, and naturalist in New Zealand (born 1819).
• 25 July –John Michael Clancy,Democratic PartyUnited States RepresentativefromNew York(born 1837).
• 31 August –Charles O'Hea,Catholic Priest,baptisedNed Kellyand ministered to him before he was hanged in 1880 (born c. 1814).
• 12 September –Maxwell Henry Close,geologist (born 1822).
• 22 October –William Edward Hartpole Lecky,historian (born 1838).
• 24 October –James Adams (chaplain),recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry inAfghanistan(1879) (born 1839).

See also

• 1903 in Scotland
• 1903 in Wales