1893 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1893 in Ireland.
Events
- January â the National Labour League, a predecessor of the Irish Land and Labour Association, is founded in Kanturk, County Cork.[1]
- 19 January â Michael Logue is created a cardinal, the first Archbishop of Armagh to be so elevated.
- February â Prime Minister of the United Kingdom W. E. Gladstone introduces his second Home Rule Bill to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, where it is passed.[2] The biggest opposition to Home Rule manifests itself in Ulster, particularly amongst Protestants.
- 26 April â Edward Carson is called to the English Bar at the Middle Temple[2]
- 19 May â the neoclassical Roman Catholic St Mel's cathedral, Longford (foundation stone laid 1840 and opened for worship in 1856), is consecrated.[3]
- 31 July â Douglas Hyde, Eoin MacNeill, Eugene O'Growney and Thomas O'Neill Russell establish the Gaelic League to encourage the preservation of Irish culture, with Hyde becoming its first president.[4]
- 8 September â Gladstone's second Home Rule Bill is rejected by the House of Lords.[2]
- The Girls' Brigade is founded in Dublin, origin of the international Christian youth organisation.[5]
Arts and literature
- 19 April â Oscar Wilde stages A Woman of No Importance in London.
- December â W. B. Yeats publishes The Celtic Twilight, giving a popular name to the Irish Literary Revival.[6]
- Douglas Hyde publishes Love Songs of Connacht.
Sport
Football
- Irish League
- Winners: Linfield
- Irish Cup
- Winners: Linfield 5â1 Cliftonville
- Derry Olympic becomes defunct after only one season in the Irish Football League.
Golf
- Ormeau Golf Club in Belfast and Ballybunion Golf Club are formed.
Hockey
- Irish Hockey Union was formed on 6 February.
Births
- 26 January â Kitty Kiernan, fiancée of Michael Collins (died 1945)
- 5 February â John Lymbrick Esmonde, soldier, Fine Gael TD (died 1958).
- 22 February â Peadar O'Donnell, Irish Republican socialist, Marxist activist and writer (died 1986).
- 6 March â Denis Rolleston Gwynn, journalist, author and professor of modern Irish history (died 1973).
- 4 April â Dick McKee, Irish Republican Army member in Easter Rising (shot by Crown forces 1920).
- 14 May â George McElroy, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force pilot during World War I (killed in action 1918).
- 9 June â Cathal O'Shannon, politician, trade unionist and journalist (died 1969).
- 14 June â Séamus Burke, Sinn Féin TD, a founder-member of Cumann na nGaedheal and later Fine Gael (died 1967).
- 26 July â E. R. Dodds, classical scholar (died 1973).
- 10 August â Mick O'Brien, soccer player and manager (died 1940).
- 30 September â Seán MacEoin, major general, Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister (died 1973).
- 13 October â Seán Russell, Irish republican and a chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (died 1940 at sea).
- 26 October â Thomas MacGreevy, poet and director of the National Gallery of Ireland (died 1967).
- 1 November â Neal Blaney, Fianna Fáil TD, Seanad member (died 1948).
- 9 November â Liam Lynch, commanding general of the anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army during the Irish Civil War (shot and killed 1923).
- 20 December
- Eddie Duffy, traditional Irish musician (died 1986).
- Billy McCandless, footballer and football manager (died 1955).
- Full date unknown
- Tomás Bairéad, journalist and author (died 1973).
- Frank Gallagher, Irish Volunteer and author (died 1962).
- Mick Kenny, Galway hurler (died 1959).
- Harry Midgley, Northern Ireland Labour Party member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and alderman of Belfast (died 1957).
Deaths
- 3 March â Hugh Nelson, politician in Canada and Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (born 1830).
- 16 April â William Davis Ardagh, lawyer, judge and politician in Canada (born 1828).
- 27 April â John Ballance, 14th Premier of New Zealand (born 1839).
- 5 September â Mike Cleary, boxer (born 1858).
- 8 November â Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, geographer (born 1815).
- 28 December â James Donnelly, Bishop of the Diocese of Clogher (born 1823).