1912 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1912 in Ireland.
Events
- 8 February – First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill addresses a pro Home Rule meeting in Belfast despite Ulster Unionist attempts to prevent him speaking. Churchill shares the platform with John Redmond the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party.
- 31 March – John Redmond, Eoin MacNeill, Patrick Pearse, Tim Healy and others address a monster meeting of 200,000 people in favour of Home Rule at the GPO in O'Connell Street, Dublin[1]
- 9 April – 250,000 Orangemen converge on Balmoral Showground in Belfast, declaring that under no circumstances will they accept Home Rule.
- 11 April – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom H. H. Asquith introduces the 3rd Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
- 12 April – a convention of Sinn Féin delegates led by Arthur Griffith opposes the Home Rule Bill.
- 14 April – RMS Titanic, the largest vessel in the world, built in Belfast and making her last call at Queenstown, collides with an iceberg and sinks within a few hours.
- 22 April – Englishman Denys Corbett Wilson completes the first aeroplane crossing of the Irish Sea, from Goodwick in Wales to Crane near Enniscorthy.
2 April – RMS Titanic leaves Belfast for her sea trials.
- 26 April – English-born Vivian Hewitt makes an aeroplane crossing of the Irish Sea from Holyhead to Phoenix Park, Dublin.
- 30 April – Winston Churchill moves the second reading of the Home Rule Bill at Westminster.
- 9 May – the second reading of the Home Rule Bill is accepted in the British House of Commons. A Unionist amendment rejecting the Bill is defeated.
- 10 May – at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Bonar Law speaks of Conservative Opposition to the Home Rule Bill. Elsewhere Edward Carson also voices his opposition.
- 1 July – a serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurs in Counties Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow.
- July – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom H. H. Asquith travels to Dublin (the first sitting Prime Minister to do so in over a century; Gladstone had visited Dublin in November 1877 whilst out of office, whilst Arthur Balfour had been Chief Secretary for Ireland) to make a speech, criticising Unionist demands.
- 18 July – suffragettes attempt an arson attack on the Theatre Royal, Dublin, during Asquith's visit.
- 27 July – Bonar Law, leader of the British Conservative Party in opposition, makes a defiant speech at a massive Unionist rally at Blenheim Palace against Home Rule implying support for armed resistance to it in Ulster.
- 28 September – 'Ulster Day' – Ulster Covenant to resist Home Rule is signed by almost 250,000 men throughout Ulster; 229,000 women sign a parallel declaration.
- 23 October – large numbers of cattle are slaughtered in Mullingar due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the area.
- The golden eagle becomes extinct in Ireland (prior to reintroduction).
Arts and literature
- 11 April – Lennox Robinson's play Patriots is first performed, at the Abbey Theatre (Dublin).
- 20 April – Bram Stoker, author of Dracula and theatrical manager, dies in London.
- November – Lord Dunsany's short story collection The Book of Wonder is published.
- Peadar Kearney and Patrick Heeney's A Soldier's Song (which will become Amhrán na bhFiann, the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland) is first published in Irish Freedom by Bulmer Hobson.[2]
- Eleanor Hull publishes The Poem-Book of the Gael: translations from Irish Gaelic poetry into English prose and verse and first versifies the traditional Irish hymn Be Thou My Vision in English.
- Forrest Reid's coming-of-age novel Following Darkness is published.
- James Stephens' novel The Crock of Gold is published.
Sport
Gaelic games
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1912 Winners: Louth
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1912 Winners: Kilkenny
Football
- Irish League
- Winners: Glentoran
- Bohemians are re-admitted to the Irish Football League after resigning the previous year. Tritonville, another Dublin side, joins the League, but lasts just one season.
Olympics
- Ken McArthur, born in Dervock, County Antrim, wins the marathon race at the 1912 Summer Olympics for South Africa.
Births
- 8 January – James Brophy, cricketer (died 1994).
- 5 February – Desmond Surfleet, cricketer (died 2006).
- 14 February – Joseph Brennan, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (died 1980).
- 22 March – Wilfrid Brambell, actor (died 1985).
- 12 April – Gerald Goldberg, lawyer, Fianna Fáil politician and first Jewish Lord Mayor of Cork (died 2003).
- 27 April – Tommy Breen, international soccer player (died 1988).
- 29 April – Terence de Vere White, lawyer, novelist and biographer (died 1994).
- 9 June – Patrick Mulligan, Bishop of Clogher 1970–1979 (died 1990).
- 12 July – Mick Mackey, Limerick hurler and first recipient of the GAA All-Time All-Star Award (Hurling) (died 1982).
- 9 August – Alex Stevenson, soccer player (died 1985).
- 18 September – Denis Farrelly, Fine Gael TD and senator (died 1974).
- 12 November – Donagh MacDonagh, writer and judge (died 1968).
- 1 December – Micheál Cranitch, Fianna Fáil politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann in 1973. (died 1999).
- 25 December – Mícheál Ó Móráin, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (died 1983).
- Full date unknown
- Brendan Menton Sr., soccer administrator and president of the Football Association of Ireland (died 2002).
- Denis O'Conor Don, hereditary chief of the O'Conor Don sept (died 2000).
- Tommy Potts, fiddle player (died 1988).
- Jimmy Warnock, boxer (died 1987).
Deaths
- 30 January – John Philip Nolan, soldier, landowner and politician (born 1838).
- 21 February – Osborne Reynolds, engineer and prominent innovator in the understanding of fluid dynamics (born 1842).
- 20 April – Bram Stoker, writer and author of Dracula (born 1847).
- 24 April – Justin McCarthy, politician, historian and novelist (born 1830).
- 28 April – Michael Thomas Stenson, politician in Canada (born 1838).
- 19 December – Thomas Brennan, a founder and joint first secretary of the Irish National Land League (born 1853).
- Full date unknown
- Henry Allan, painter (born 1865).
References
- http://ashbournehistoricalsociety.com/the-1912-home-rule-bill-lecture-transcript/
- Sherry, Ruth (Spring 1996). "The Story of the National Anthem". History Ireland. Dublin. 4 (1): 39–43.
- Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 161. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
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