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Events from the year 1902 in Ireland.
Events
- 2 January – South Irish Horse formed as the South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry.
- 7 January – Waterford Corporation passes a motion to confer the freedom of the city on John Redmond.
- 8 January – the Great National Convention takes place in the Round Room of the Rotunda in Dublin. Motions are passed regarding coercion, the Irish language and evicted tenants.
- 2 April – John Redmond is awarded the freedom of the City of Dublin.
- Spring to autumn – the Cork International Exhibition (1902) is held.
- 2 June – the centenary of the Congregation of Christian Brothers is celebrated with High Mass in the Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago.
- 22 July – Thomas Croke dies at the age of 78 at Thurles. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel since 1875, he was the first patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association and a supporter of the Gaelic League and the Land League.
- August – first part of the cliff path at The Gobbins, Islandmagee, is opened.
- 26 November – Ireland's Own magazine launched.
- Dunraven land conference starts.[1]
- The Roman Catholic St Brendan's Cathedral, Loughrea, is completed.
- Michael McCarthy's Priests and People in Ireland is published.
Arts and literature
- 2 April – first performance of W. B. Yeats's play Cathleen Ní Houlihan in Dublin.[2]
- The Irish Literary Theatre project ends.[1]
- Padraic Colum's anti-enlistment play, The Saxon Shillin' , is awarded a prize by Cumann na nGaedheal.
- Percy French writes the comic song Are Ye Right There Michael?
- Augusta, Lady Gregory, publishes Cuchulain of Muirthemne, a retelling of Irish mythology in English.
- Walter Osborne paints his last work, Tea in the Garden, in Dublin.
Sport
Football
- Irish League
- Winners: Linfield
- Irish Cup
- Winners: Linfield 5–0 Distillery
- Scottish Cup
- Winners: 26 April Hibernian 1–0 Celtic (at Celtic Park, Glasgow)
Births
- 2 January – Dan Keating, Ireland's oldest man and last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence (died 2007).
- 13 January – Francis Connell, cricketer (died 1983).
- 20 January – Kevin Barry, Irish Republican Army member (executed for his part in an operation resulting in the deaths of three British soldiers 1920).
- 26 February – Jim Hurley, veteran of the Irish War of Independence, Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler (died 1965).
- 25 April Cormac Breslin, Fianna Fáil TD and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (died 1978).
- 29 April – Francis Stuart, writer (died 2000).
- 20 July – Jimmy Kennedy, songwriter (died 1984).
- 21 July – William Bernard Barry, politician in the United States (died 1946 in the United States).
- 16 August – Arthur Douglas, cricketer and rugby player (died 1937).
- 4 September – Patrick Lenihan, Fianna Fáil TD (died 1970).
- 16 September – James Dillon, former leader of Fine Gael, TD and Minister (died 1986).
- 2 October – Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester, born Viscount Mandeville, British Royal Navy officer and hereditary peer (died 1977 in England).
- 16 December – Billy King, cricketer (died 1987).
- 29 December – Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford, politician, dramatist and poet (died 1961).
- December – Maurice Gerard Moynihan, civil servant and writer (died 1999).
- Full date unknown
- Thekla Beere, civil servant (died 1991).
- Frank Carney, playwright and civil servant.
- Maurice Gorham, journalist and broadcasting executive (died 1975).
- Patrick MacDonogh, poet (died 1961).
- Frank Ryan, member of the Irish Republican Army, editor of An Phoblacht, leftist activist and leader of Irish volunteers on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War (died 1944).
Deaths
- 20 January – Aubrey Thomas de Vere, poet and critic (born 1814).
- 12 February – Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, politician, diplomat and traveller (born 1826 in Florence).
- 10 March – C. Y. O'Connor, engineer in Australia (born 1843).
- 21 April – Ethna Carbery, writer and poet (born 1866).
- 29 May – Edward Harrington, Member of Parliament (MP) for West Kerry 1885–1892 (born c.1852)
- 20 July – John William Mackay, businessman in America (born 1831).
- 22 July – Thomas Croke, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, founder patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association (born 1824).
- 23 December – Lucius Gwynn, cricketer (born 1873).
- Full date unknown
- John O'Hart, genealogist (born 1824).
References
- 1 2 Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 380.
- ↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 460–461. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- 1 2 3 Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 157. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
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