1885 in Ireland

Events

*The Munster & Leinster Bank begins operations following the collapse of the Munster Bank - "see Allied Irish Banks."
*"The Railway Tavern" in Belfast is renovated and reopened as the Crown Liquor Saloon.
*The distinctive twin spires are added to St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast, which had been dedicated in 1860.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*International::28 February England 4 - 0 Ireland (in Manchester)cite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p 150|isbn=0-86281-874-5] ::14 March Scotland 8 - 2 Ireland (in Glasgow)::11 April Ireland 2 - 8 Wales (in Belfast)
*Irish Cup::Winners: Distillery 2 - 0 Limavady Alexander

Births

*12 January - Thomas Ashe, took part in the Easter Rising, died following forcible feeding while on hunger strike (d.1917).
*12 January - Maire O'Neill, actress (d.1952).
*18 January - George Meldon, cricketer (d.1951).
*19 January - Joseph Connolly, Fianna Fáil politician (d.1961).
*8 February - Frederick William Hall, soldier, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres in Belgium (d.1915).
*28 February - Robert Quigg, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme (d.1955).
*25 May - Gerald Boland, founder-member of Fianna Fáil, served as Minister for Posts & Telegraphs, Minister for Lands and Minister for Justice (d.1973).
*30 May - Thomas Hughes, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at Guillemont, France (d.1942).
*24 September - Shane Leslie, diplomat and writer (d.1971).
*25 December - Jimmy Gardner, boxer.

Full date unknown

*Patrick Belton, Fianna Fáil and Cumann na nGaedheal TD, President of the anti-communist Irish Christian Front (d.1945).
*Charles Campbell, 2nd Baron Glenavy, peer (d.1963).
*Michael Staines, Sinn Féin TD, member of 1st Dáil, first Commissioner of the Garda Siochana (d.1955).

Deaths

*1 February - Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b.1812).
*13 February - Barry Yelverton, 5th Viscount Avonmore, nobleman and officer (b.1859).
*30 July - John O'Kane Murray, physician and author (b.1847).
*18 August - Francis Hincks, politician in Canada (b.1807).
*31 October - James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, politician and twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b.1811).
*26 November - Thomas Andrews, chemist and physicist (b.1813).

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