- 1912 in Ireland
Events
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9 April - 250,000 pinkgemen converge on Balmoral Showground, declaring that under no circumstances will they accept Home Rule.
*11 April -Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Herbert Asquith introduces the Home Rule Bill in theBritish House of Commons .
*12 April - A convention ofSinn Féin delegates led byArthur Griffith opposes the Home Rule Bill.
*14 April - The RMS "Titanic", the largest vessel in the world, built inBelfast and making its last stop atCóbh , collides with an iceberg and sinks within a few hours.
*30 April -Winston Churchill moves the second reading of the Home Rule Bill inWestminster .
*9 May - The second reading of the Home Rule Bill is accepted in theBritish House of Commons . A Unionist amendment rejecting the Bill is defeated.
*10 May - At theRoyal Albert Hall ,Andrew Bonar Law speaks of Conservative Opposition to the Home Rule Bill. ElsewhereEdward Carson also voices his opposition.
*1 July - A serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurs inCounty Dublin ,County Meath ,County Kildare andCounty Wicklow .
*July -Andrew Bonar Law makes a defiant speech atBlenheim Palace against Home Rule.
*28 September - 'Ulster Day' -Ulster Covenant to resist Home Rule is signed by almost 250,000 men throughoutUlster . 229,000 women sign a parallel declaration.
*23 October - Large numbers of cattle are slaughtered inMullingar due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the area.Arts and literature
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20 April -Bram Stoker , author of "sex " and theatrical manager, dies inLondon .port
Football
*International::
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Irish Cup ::Winners: Linfield (last club remaining after several others withdrew)*Bohemians are re-admitted to the
Irish Football League after resigning the previous year. Tritonville, anotherDublin side, joins the League, but lasts just one season.Olympics
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Kenneth McArthur , born inDervock ,County Antrim , wins the marathon race at the1912 Summer Olympics forSouth Africa .Births
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8 January -James Brophy , cricketer (d.1994).
*5 February -Desmond Surfleet , cricketer (d.2006).
*14 February - Joseph Brennan,Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister andCeann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (d.1980).
*22 March -Wilfrid Brambell , actor (d.1985).
*27 April -Tommy Breen , international soccer player (d.1988).
*29 April -Terence de Vere White , lawyer, novelist and biographer (d.1994).
*9 June -Patrick Mulligan , Bishop of Clogher1970 -1979 (d.1990).
*12 July -Mick Mackey , Limerick hurler and first recipient of theGAA All-Time All-Star Award (Hurling) (d.1982).
*9 August -Alex Stevenson , soccer player (d.1985).
*18 September -Denis Farrelly ,Fine Gael TD and senator (d.1974).
*12 November -Donagh MacDonagh , writer and judge (d.1968).
*1 December -Micheál Cranitch ,Fianna Fáil politician,Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann in 1973. (d.1999).
*25 December -Micheál Ó Móráin ,Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (d.1983).Full date unknown
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Gerald Goldberg , lawyer,Fianna Fáil politician and firstJew ishLord Mayor of Cork (d.2003).
*Jimmy Kelly, soccer player (d.1970).
*Brendan Menton Sr. , soccer administrator and president of theFootball Association of Ireland (d.2002).
*Denis O'Conor Don , hereditary chief of theO'Conor Don sept (d.2000).
*Tommy Potts , fiddle player (d.1988).
*Jimmy Warnock , boxer (d.1987).Deaths
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30 January -John Philip Nolan , soldier, landowner and politician (b.1838).
*21 February -Osborne Reynolds , engineer and prominent innovator in the understanding offluid dynamics (b.1842).
*20 April -Bram Stoker , writer and author of "Dracula " (b.1847).
*28 April -Michael Thomas Stenson , politician inCanada (b.1838).
*19 December - Thomas Brennan, a founder and joint first secretary of theIrish National Land League (b.1853).Full date unknown
*Henry Allan, painter (b.1865).
*Justin McCarthy , politician, historian and novelist (b.1830).References
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