1912 in Ireland
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Events in the year 1912 in Ireland.
Events
February
- 8 February â The First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill addressed a pro-Home Rule meeting in Belfast despite Ulster Unionist attempts to prevent him speaking. He shared the platform with John Redmond, the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party.
March
- 31 March â John Redmond, Eoin MacNeill, Patrick Pearse, Tim Healy and others addressed a monster meeting of 200,000 people in favour of Home Rule at the General Post Office, Dublin.[1]
April
- 9 April â 250,000 Orangemen converged on Balmoral Showground in Belfast, declaring that under no circumstances would they accept Home Rule.
- 11 April â The prime minister of the United Kingdom H. H. Asquith introduced the Third Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
- 12 April â A convention of Sinn Féin delegates led by Arthur Griffith opposed the Home Rule Bill.
- 14 April â The RMS Titanic, the largest vessel in the world, built in Belfast and making her last call at Queenstown, collided with an iceberg and sank.
- 22 April â Englishman Denys Corbett Wilson flying a Blériot XI monoplane completed the first aeroplane crossing of the Irish Sea, flying westbound from Goodwick in southwest Wales to Enniscorthy in southeast Ireland. The flight took 100 minutes.[2]
- 26 April â Welsh aviator Vivian Hewitt made a westbound aeroplane crossing of the Irish Sea in 90 minutes from Holyhead in northwest Wales to Phoenix Park in Dublin.[2]
- 30 April â Winston Churchill moved the second reading of the Home Rule Bill at Westminster.
May
- 9 May â The second reading of the Home Rule Bill was accepted in the British House of Commons. A Unionist amendment rejecting the Bill was defeated.
- 10 May â At the Royal Albert Hall in London, Bonar Law spoke of Conservative opposition to the Home Rule Bill. Elsewhere Edward Carson also voiced his opposition.
July
- 1 July â A serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurred in Counties Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow.
- July â Prime Minister of the United Kingdom H. H. Asquith travelled 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.
- 17 July - "A hatchet (around which a text reading 'This symbol of the extinction of the Liberal Party for evermore' was wrapped) was thrown [by a suffragette] at [Asquith's] moving carriage as it passed over OâConnell Bridge", striking John Redmond on the arm.[3]
- 18 July â Suffragettes attempted an arson attack on the Theatre Royal, Dublin, during Asquith's visit.[4]
- 27 July â the Blenheim Unionist rally: Bonar Law, leader of the British Conservative Party in opposition, made a defiant speech at a massive Unionist rally at Blenheim Palace against Home Rule, implying support for armed resistance to it in Ulster.
September
- 28 September â 'Ulster Day' â the Ulster Covenant to resist Home Rule was signed by almost 250,000 men throughout Ulster; 229,000 women signed a parallel declaration.
October
- 23 October â Large numbers of cattle were slaughtered in Mullingar due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the area.
Undated
- The golden eagle became extinct in Ireland (prior to reintroduction).[citation needed]
Arts and literature
- 11 April â Lennox Robinson's play Patriots was first performed, at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
- 20 April â Bram Stoker, author of Dracula and theatrical manager, died in London.
- November â Lord Dunsany's short story collection The Book of Wonder was published.
Undated
- Peadar Kearney and Patrick Heeney's A Soldier's Song (which later became Amhrán na bhFiann, the Irish national anthem) was first published in Irish Freedom by Bulmer Hobson.[5]
- Eleanor Hull published The Poem-Book of the Gael: translations from Irish Gaelic poetry into English prose and verse and first versified the traditional Irish hymn Be Thou My Vision in English.
- Forrest Reid's coming-of-age novel Following Darkness was published.
- James Stephens' novel The Crock of Gold was published.
- The popular song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" was written and published in the United States for the show The Isle O' Dreams.
Sport
Association football
- International
- 10 February â Ireland 1â6 England (in Dublin).[6]
- 6 March â Ireland 1â4 Scotland (in Belfast)â[6]
- 13 April â Wales 2â3 Ireland (in Cardiff)[6]
- Irish League
- Winners: Glentoran F.C.
- Irish Cup
- Winners: Linfield F.C. (last club remaining after several others withdrew)
- Bohemian F.C. were re-admitted to the Irish Football League after resigning the previous year. Tritonville F.C., another Dublin team, joined the League, but lasted just one season.
Gaelic games
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1912 Winners: Louth
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1912 Winners: Kilkenny
Olympics
- Ken McArthur, born in Dervock, County Antrim, won the marathon race for South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Births
- 8 January â James Brophy, cricketer (died 1994).
- 5 February â Desmond Surfleet, cricketer (died 2006).
- 14 February â Joseph Brennan, Fianna Fáil party TD, cabinet minister and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Ãireann (died 1980).
- 22 March â Wilfrid Brambell, actor (died 1985).
- 12 April â Gerald Goldberg, lawyer, Fianna Fáil party politician and first Jewish Lord Mayor of Cork (died 2003).
- 27 April â Tommy Breen, international association football player (died 1988).
- 29 April â Terence de Vere White, lawyer, novelist, and biographer (died 1994).
- 9 June â Patrick Mulligan, Bishop of Clogher 1970â1979 (died 1990).
- 12 July â Mick Mackey, Limerick hurler and first recipient of the All-Time All Star Award (hurling) (died 1982).
- 26 July â Niall Sheridan, poet, fiction writer and broadcaster (died 1998).
- 9 August â Alex Stevenson, association football player (died 1985).
- 18 September â Denis Farrelly, Fine Gael party TD and senator (died 1974).
- 12 November â Donagh MacDonagh, writer and judge (died 1968).
- 1 December â Micheál Cranitch, Fianna Fáil party politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Ãireann in 1973 (died 1999).
- 25 December â MÃcheál à Móráin, Fianna Fáil party TD and Cabinet minister (died 1983).
- Date unknown
- Brendan Menton Snr, association football 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 â John Philip Nolan, soldier, landowner, and politician (born 1838).
- 21 February â Osborne Reynolds, engineer and prominent innovator in the understanding of fluid dynamics (born 1842).
- 20 April â Bram Stoker, writer and author of Dracula (born 1847).
- 24 April â Justin McCarthy, politician, historian, and novelist (born 1830).
- 28 April â Michael Thomas Stenson, politician in Canada (born 1838).
- 19 December â Thomas Brennan, a founder and joint first secretary of the Irish National Land League (born 1853).
- Date unknown
- Henry Allan, painter (born 1865).