1907 in Ireland
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Events in the year 1907 in Ireland.
Events
- 2 January â A new system of rail cars running from Dublin Amiens Street station to Howth was introduced.
- 5 January â The first motor show under the auspices of the Irish Automobile Club opened at the Royal Dublin Society.
- 6 January â The Sunday provisions of the new Licensing Act come into operation in Dublin and four other cities. Sunday opening hours would be from 2 pm to 5 pm.
- 26 January â The first performance of J. M. Synge's play The Playboy of the Western World at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin triggered a week of rioting.[1]
- 4 May â The Irish International Exhibition opened in Dublin.[2]
- 7 May â Augustine Birrell introduced the Irish Council Bill; it was rejected by a Nationalist convention on 21 May and dropped by the government on 3 June.[3]
- 6 July â The Crown Jewels of Ireland, valued at £50,000, were stolen from a safe in Dublin Castle.[4]
- 10â11 July â King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra made a state visit to attend the Irish International Exhibition in Dublin.[5]
- 26 July â A large rally was held in Belfast City Hall in support of the continuing Dockers and Carters strike.
- 4 September â An Irish Parliamentary Party meeting in the Mansion House, Dublin was disrupted by Sinn Féin who held a demonstration outside.
- 17 October â The Marconi transatlantic wireless telegraphy service between Galway and Canada was opened. Messages were exchanged without a hitch.
- 9 November â The Irish International Exhibition ended after six months. An estimated 2.75 million people visited it, including a large number from abroad.[2]
- November â Irish republican Tom Clarke returned to Ireland from the United States.
Arts and literature
- 26 January â Large sections of the audience booed the opening performance of J. M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World at the Abbey Theatre.
- 28 January â Another performance of The Playboy of the Western World at the Abbey Theatre was interrupted by the audience who continued to boo, hiss and shout.
- 4 February â In a public debate at the Abbey Theatre, the poet W. B. Yeats denied trying to suppress audience distaste during a performance of The Playboy of the Western World.
- May â James Joyce's poems Chamber Music were published.
- Early â Seven-year-old future author Elizabeth Bowen moved with her mother from Ireland to the south of England.
- Publication of Padraic Colum's poems Wild Earth.
- Peadar Kearney and Patrick Heeney wrote A Soldier's Song (with English lyrics); it later became Amhrán na bhFiann (in Irish), the Irish national anthem.[6]
- Publication of County Cork-born retired Chicago chief of police Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland.
Sport
Association football
- Irish League
- Winners: Linfield F.C.
- Irish Cup
- Winners: Cliftonville F.C. 0â0, 1â0 Shelbourne F.C.
Golf
- The British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship was held at Royal County Down Golf Club, (winner: May Hezlet).
Births
- 21 February â Colville Deverell, cricketer and politician (died 1995).
- 1 March â Robert Malachy Burke, Christian Socialist and philanthropist (died 1998).
- 15 May â John Galvin, Fianna Fáil party TD (died 1963).
- 1 June â Helen Megaw, crystallographer (died 2002 in Northern Ireland).
- 2 June â Dan O'Keeffe, Kerry Gaelic footballer (died 1967).
- 29 June â Paul O'Dwyer, lawyer and politician in the United States (died 1998).
- 13 July â John David Gwynn, cricketer (died 1998).
- 15 July â Séamus Murphy, sculptor (died 1975).
- 14 August â H. Montgomery Hyde, barrister, author and Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) (died 1989 in Northern Ireland).
- 14 September
- Janet McNeill, novelist and playwright (died 1994 in England)
- Edel Quinn, lay missionary (died 1944).
- 8 October â J. G. Devlin, actor (died 1991 in Northern Ireland).
- 28 October â John Hewitt, poet (died 1987 in Northern Ireland).
- 1 November â Bill Loughery, cricketer (died 1977 in Northern Ireland).
- 26 November â Theodore William Moody, historian (died 1984).
- 19 December â Jimmy McLarnin, boxer (died 2004 in Northern Ireland).
- Full date unknown
- Desmond Clarke, librarian and writer (died 1979).
- Maura Laverty, writer, journalist, and broadcaster (died 1966).
- Ãine NÃ Cheanainn, educationalist (died 1999)
- Margot Ruddock, actress, poet, and singer (died 1951).
- Henry Tyrell-Smith, motor cycle racer (died 1982).
Deaths
- 16 January â Daniel John O'Donoghue, printer, labour leader, and politician in Ontario (born 1844).
- 20 January â Agnes Mary Clerke, astronomer and writer (born 1842).[8]
- 31 January â Timothy Eaton, businessman, founded Eaton's department store in Canada (born 1834).
- 11 February â William Howard Russell, journalist (born 1821).
- 16 March â John O'Leary, Irish poet and Fenian (born 1830).[9]
- 9 April â Owen Hall, theatre writer and critic (born 1853).
- 1 May â John Kells Ingram, poet, scholar, economist, and historian of economic thought (born 1823).
- 10 June â Alexander John Arbuthnot, British official in India and writer (born 1822).
- 8 July â John Horgan, politician and member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (born 1834).
- 3 August â Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor (born 1848).
- 7 August â James Brenan, artist (born 1837).
- 13 August â George Charlemont, former Gaelic footballer (born 1873).
- 17 November â Francis Leopold McClintock, Royal Navy officer, explorer in Canadian Arctic Archipelago (born 1819).
- 17 December â William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, mathematical physicist, engineer, and leader in the physical sciences (born 1824).
- Full date unknown
- Robert Cain, brewer and businessman (born 1826).
- Denis Kearney, politician in America (born 1847).