1891 in Ireland

Events from the year 1891 in Ireland.

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March â Anti-Parnellites form the Irish National Federation and win seats in Sligo and Carlow.
June â Charles Stewart Parnell marries Kitty O'Shea in Sussex.
6 October â Charles Stewart Parnell dies. Up to 200,000 people attend the funeral of the 'Uncrowned King of Ireland.'
The Balfour Land Act makes more funds available for land purchase and sets up the Congested Districts Board for Ireland.
The Irish Daily Independent newspaper is founded. It becomes the Irish Independent in 1905.
James Stephens, founder of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, returns home to Ireland after 25 years in exile.
Michael Davitt, standing as an anti-Parnellite candidate, is defeated by John Redmond in a Waterford by-election.

April â Oscar Wilde publishes The Picture of Dorian Gray in book form.
October â 9-year-old James Joyce writes a poem in memory of Parnell later entitled Et tu, Healy which his father has printed as a broadside.^[1]
Standish James O'Grady publishes Finn and his Companions.

Belfast Celtic F.C. is founded.
Derry Olympic is founded. It joins the Irish Football League the next year, but only lasts one season.

13 November â Golfing Union of Ireland established at a meeting in Belfast.
Fortwilliam Golf Club in Belfast and Limerick Golf Club are founded.^{[citation needed]}

18 February â John M. O'Sullivan, Cumann na nGaedheal TD and cabinet Minister (died 1948).
21 February â Harry Colley, Fianna FÃ¡il TD, Seanad member (died 1972).
21 February â SeÃ¡n Heuston, Fianna Ãireann member, participant in Easter Rising (executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Jail 1916).
25 February â Edward Daly, participant in Easter Rising (executed by firing squad 1916).
17 March â Emily Anderson, British Foreign Office cryptanalyst, scholar of German and musicologist (died 1962).
10 April â Kaye Don, racing driver (died 1981).
11 April â Vincent McNamara, Ireland rugby union player (killed in action on Gallipoli Campaign 1915).
16 April â Richard Saul, British Royal Air Force air vice marshal (died 1965 in the United Kingdom).
20 June â John A. Costello, barrister, Attorney-General, Fine Gael TD and twice Taoiseach (died 1976).
3 July
- Arthur Blair-White, cricketer (died 1975).
- Bridget Dowling, Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler, Jr. (died 1969 in the United States).
6 August â Billy Gillespie, soccer player (died 1981).
23 October â John Caffrey, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 near La Brique, France (died 1953).
15 November â Willie Pearse, participant in Easter Rising, brother of Patrick Pearse (executed 1916).
6 December â James Ryan, Fianna FÃ¡il TD Member of 1st DÃ¡il and Cabinet Minister (died 1970).

5 May â William Connor Magee, Anglican clergyman, Archbishop of York (born 1821).
18 May â Thomas Grady, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry at the siege of Sevastopoll in the Crimean War (1854) (born 1835).
15 June â James Patrick Mahon, Irish nationalist politician and international mercenary (born 1800).
6 October â Charles Stewart Parnell, political leader (born 1846).
28 November â William James Lendrim, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry at the siege of Sevastopoll in the Crimean War (1855) (born 1830).
12 December â Alexander Workman, politician in Canada and mayor of Ottawa (born 1798).
13 December â William Gorman Wills, dramatist and painter (born 1828).
Full date unknown â Augustus Nicholas Burke, artist (born 1838).