1884 in Ireland

1884 in Ireland

Events

*October - Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway taken over by Belfast and Northern Counties Railway. [cite book |last= Baker |first= Michael HC |title= Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past|publisher= Ian Allan Publishing|year= 1999 |isbn= 0-7110-2680-7 ]
*22 October - The first woman receives a degree from an Irish university. The degree is granted by the Royal University of Ireland.

Arts and literature

port

Association Football

*International::26 January Ireland 0 - 5 Scotland (in Belfast)cite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p 149-150|isbn=0-86281-874-5] ::9 February Ireland 0 - 6 Wales (in Belfast)::23 February Ireland 1 - 8 England (in Belfast)

*Irish Cup::Winners: Distillery 5 - 0 Wellington Park

Gaelic Games

Michael Cusack, Maurice Davin and other Gaelic games enthusiasts meet to establish the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) on Saturday, November 1, 1884 in Hayes' Hotel, Thurles, County Tipperary.

The following goals are set out:
*To foster and promote the native Irish pastimes.
*To open athletics to all social classes.
*To aid in the establishment of hurling and football clubs and organise inter-county matches.

Births

*20 March - Tomás Mac Curtain, Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, murdered on his 36th birthday by the Black and Tans (d.1920).
*March - Nora Barnacle, lover, companion, inspiration and wife of James Joyce (d.1951).
*12 June - James Somers, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 at Gallipoli, Turkey (d.1918).
*17 June - Patrick Little, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (d.1963).
*23 June - Val Harris, soccer player and manager.
*14 September - Frederick Alfred Pile, soldier and politician (d.1976).
*4 November - Harry Ferguson, early aviator and developer of the modern agricultural tractor (d.1960).
*16 December - J. M. Kerrigan, actor (d.1964).
*17 December - Stanislaus Joyce, scholar and writer, brother of James Joyce, (d.1955).

Full date unknown

*Dick Fitzgerald, Kerry Gaelic footballer (d.1930).
*Helena Moloney, fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and was first woman president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (d.1967).
*William Twaddell, Ulster Unionist Party MP, assassinated by Irish Republican Army (d.1922).

Deaths

*1 April - James Travers, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Indore, India (b.1820).
*25 June - Philip Gore, 4th Earl of Arran, Anglo-Irish peer and diplomat (b.1801).
*28 June - John Sullivan, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea (b.1830).
*17 October - Alexander Martin Sullivan, journalist, politician and lawyer (b.1829).

Full date unknown

*Richard Fitzgerald, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Bolandshahr, India (b.1831).
*Eliza Lynch, mistress of Francisco Solano López, president of Paraguay (b. c1835).

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