- 1917 in Ireland
Events
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February 3 - Count George Noble Plunkett, father ofJoseph Mary Plunkett , wins Roscommon North on abstentionist Sinn Féin platform.
*March 7 -David Lloyd-George announces that Britain is ready to confer self-government to the parts of Ireland that wants it. The north-eastern part will not be "coerced".
*March 12 - In theBritish House of Commons ,J. P. Farrell proposes that Ireland be excluded from the operation of the National Services Act.
*March 20 - A motion to reduce the salary of the British Prime Minister by £100 is introduced in theBritish House of Commons . It is a protest against the refusal to publish the proceedings of the 1916 Rising courts martial.
*May 10 -Sinn Féin candidateJoseph McGuinness wins a by-election in South-Longford against theIrish Parliamentary Party 's candidate McKenna. It is a political disaster forJohn Redmond and his Party.
*May 16 - British Prime Minister,David Lloyd-George , announces that he wants immediate Home Rule for the 26 counties. Six north-eastern counties are to be excluded for a period of 5 years.
*June 16 - Oiler "Batoum" sunk byU-boat 6 miles south ofFastnet Rock .
*June 18 - Prisoners taken during theEaster Rising arrive atDún Laoghaire by mail boat.
*July 10 -Éamon de Valera ofSinn Féin beats Patrick Lynch, a Home Rule candidate, in the East-Clare by-election. OneDublin Castle official calls it 'the most important election that has ever taken place, or ever will, in Irish history.'
*July 16 - The Round Room in the Mansion House is filled to capacity as the leaders ofSinn Féin demand the bodies of theEaster Rising leaders so that they can be given a Christian burial.
*July 25 - Large crowds assemble at College Green inDublin as theIrish Convention meets for the first time.
*October 25 - 1,700Sinn Féin delegates attend a convention in the Mansion House and De Valera replacedArthur Griffith as the president of Sinn FéinArts and literature
port
Football
*Irish League::Winners: Glentoran
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Irish Cup ::Winners: Glentoran 2 - 0Belfast Celtic Gaelic Games
:*Senior Football Championship Winners: Wexford :::Wexford 0-9 : 0-5 Clare
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Hurling :*Senior Hurling Championship Winners: Dublin :::Dublin (Collegians) 5-4 : 4-2 Tipperary (Boherlahan)
Births
January to June
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15 February -Ruairi Brugha ,Fianna Fáil TD ,Member of the European Parliament , member of theSeanad (d.2006).
*3 March -Dave P. Tyndall, Jr. , businessman (d.2006).
*17 March -Brian Boydell , composer, professor of music atTrinity College, Dublin (d.2000).
*23 March -Josef Locke , tenor (d.1999).
*27 March -Harry West , leader of theUlster Unionist Party from 1974 to 1979,Stormont MP, Minister for Agriculture (d.2004).
*9 April -Vincent O'Brien , race horse trainer.
*14 April -Valerie Hobson , actress (d.1998).
*29 April -Paddy Ruschitzko , Laois hurler (d.2004).
*5 May - Jimmy Murray, RoscommonGaelic football er and All-Ireland winning captain (d.2007).
*17 June - Michael Moynihan,Irish Labour Party Senator and TD (d.2001).July to December
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21 July -Simon Curley , cricketer (d.1989).
*15 August -Jack Lynch , formerTaoiseach and leader ofFianna Fáil (d.1999).
*1 October -Cahal Cardinal Daly , Cardinal, former Archbishop of Armagh.
*15 October -Kevin Boland ,Fianna Fáil TD, served as Minister for Defence, Minister for Social Welfare and Minister for Local Government (d.2001).
*1 November -Michael O'Higgins ,Fine Gael TD and Senator (d.2005).
*3 November -Conor Cruise O'Brien , newspaper editor, author, diplomat,Labour PartyTeachta Dála and Cabinet Minister,Member of the European Parliament .
*11 November -Michael O'Riordan , veteran of theSpanish Civil War and founder of theCommunist Party of Ireland (d.2006).
*27 December -Jimmy McAlinden , footballer and football manager (d.1993).Full date unknown
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Maeve Brennan , short story writer and journalist (d.1993).
*Con Cottrell , Cork hurler (d.1982).
*Máirín Lynch , wife ofTaoiseach Jack Lynch (d.2004).
*Havelock Nelson , composer and pianist (d.1996).Deaths
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30 January - John McDonald, soldier and Congressman in America (b.1837).
*6 May -Thomas Joseph Carr , secondRoman Catholic Archbishop ofMelbourne ,Australia (b.1839).
*10 May -Daniel Joseph Sheehan ,Royal Naval Air Service andRoyal Flying Corps pilot inWorld War I , killed in action (b.1894).
*9 June -William Hoey Kearney Redmond , nationalist politician, barrister, brother ofJohn Redmond , killed inBattle of Messines (b.1861).
*31 July -Francis Ledwidge , poet, killed in action duringWorld War I (b.1887).
*25 September -Thomas Ashe , took part in theEaster Rising , died following forcible feeding while onhunger strike (b.1885).
*4 October -Dave Gallaher , rugby player forNew Zealand , killed atPasschendaele (b.1873).
*6 December -James Samuel Emerson , soldier, posthumous recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 on theHindenberg Line north ofLa Vacquerie ,France (b.1895).
*12 December -Charles Christopher Bowen , politician inNew Zealand (b.1830).Full date unknown
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William John Hennessy , artist (b.1839).
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