- 1883 in Ireland
Events
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April - The narrow gaugeCastlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway opens inCounty Tyrone . [cite book |last= Ferris |first= T |title= The Irish Narrow Gauge (Volume 2, The Ulster Lines)|publisher= Midland Publishing|year= 1993 |isbn= 1-85780-017-6 ]
*1 November -Mater Infirmorum Hospital inBelfast admits its first patients. [ [http://www.mater.n-i.nhs.uk/trust/History_of_the_Mater.html#P-5_0 History of the Mater Hospital] ]Arts and literature
port
occer
*International::
24 February England 7 - 0 Ireland (inLiverpool )cite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p 149|isbn=0-86281-874-5] ::17 March Ireland 1 - 1 Wales (inBelfast )
*Irish Cup ::Winners: Cliftonville 5 - 0 UlsterBirths
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7 January -Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope , Britishadmiral of the Second World War andFirst Sea Lord (d.1963).
*24 January -Denis McCullough ,Irish Volunteers and elected to the 4th Dáil Éireann (d.1968).
*29 January -Billy McCracken , footballer and football manager (d.1979).
*28 February -Seán Mac Diarmada , nationalist, rebel andEaster Rising leader, executed (d.1916).
*1 May -Thomas J. Moore , actor (d.1955).
*13 May -Jimmy Archer , Major Leaguebaseball player (d.1958).
*23 June -Eva McGown , Official Hostess of Fairbanks and Honorary Hostess ofAlaska (d.1972).
*15 July -Denny Barry , Irish Republican, died duringhunger strike , shortly after theIrish Civil War (d.1923).
*2 August -Sam Irving , footballer and football manager (d.1968).
*2 September -Alexander Haslett , independent TD (d.1951).
*12 December -Peadar Kearney , Irish Republican and songwriter who wrote the lyrics to "The Soldier's Song" (d.1942).Full date unknown
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St. John Greer Ervine , author and dramatist (d.1971).
*Rory O'Connor, Irish republican activist, captured at the fall of theFour Courts and executed (d.1922).
*Lorcán Ó Muireadais , priest and Irish language promoter.
*T. F. O'Rahilly , linguist and Irish language scholar (d.1953).Deaths
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9 February -Henry John Stephen Smith , mathematician (d.1826).
*26 May -Edward Sabine , astronomer, scientist, ornithologist and explorer (b.1788).
*25 July -Frederick Edward Maning , writer and judge inNew Zealand (b.1812).
*22 October -Thomas Mayne Reid , novelist (b.1818).
*24 November - William Fitzgerald, Church of Ireland Bishop of Killaloe (b.1814).Full date unknown
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James Carey ,Fenian and informer (b.1845).
*Robert Dwyer Joyce , music collector and writer (b.1830).References
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