1912 in Ireland

Events

*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 the British House of Commons.
*12 April - A convention of Sinn Féin delegates led by Arthur Griffith opposes the Home Rule Bill.
*14 April - The RMS "Titanic", the largest vessel in the world, built in Belfast and making its last stop at Cóbh, collides with an iceberg and sinks within a few hours.
*30 April - Winston Churchill moves the second reading of the Home Rule Bill in Westminster.
*9 May - The second reading of the Home Rule Bill is accepted in the British House of Commons. A Unionist amendment rejecting the Bill is defeated.
*10 May - At the Royal Albert Hall, Andrew Bonar Law speaks of Conservative Opposition to the Home Rule Bill. Elsewhere Edward Carson also voices his opposition.
*1 July - A serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurs in County Dublin, County Meath, County Kildare and County Wicklow.
*July - Andrew Bonar Law makes a defiant speech at Blenheim Palace against Home Rule.
*28 September - 'Ulster Day' - Ulster Covenant to resist Home Rule is signed by almost 250,000 men throughout Ulster. 229,000 women sign a parallel declaration.
*23 October - Large numbers of cattle are slaughtered in Mullingar due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the area.

Arts and literature

*20 April - Bram Stoker, author of "sex" and theatrical manager, dies in London.

port

Football

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*Irish League::Winners: Glentoran

*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, another Dublin side, joins the League, but lasts just one season.

Olympics

*Kenneth McArthur, born in Dervock, County Antrim, wins the marathon race at the 1912 Summer Olympics for South Africa.

Births

*8 January - James Brophy, cricketer (d.1994).
*5 February - Desmond Surfleet, cricketer (d.2006).
*14 February - Joseph Brennan, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and Ceann 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 Clogher 1970-1979 (d.1990).
*12 July - Mick Mackey, Limerick hurler and first recipient of the GAA 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

*Gerald Goldberg, lawyer, Fianna Fáil politician and first Jewish Lord Mayor of Cork (d.2003).
*Jimmy Kelly, soccer player (d.1970).
*Brendan Menton Sr., soccer administrator and president of the Football Association of Ireland (d.2002).
*Denis O'Conor Don, hereditary chief of the O'Conor Don sept (d.2000).
*Tommy Potts, fiddle player (d.1988).
*Jimmy Warnock, boxer (d.1987).

Deaths

*30 January - John Philip Nolan, soldier, landowner and politician (b.1838).
*21 February - Osborne Reynolds, engineer and prominent innovator in the understanding of fluid dynamics (b.1842).
*20 April - Bram Stoker, writer and author of "Dracula" (b.1847).
*28 April - Michael Thomas Stenson, politician in Canada (b.1838).
*19 December - Thomas Brennan, a founder and joint first secretary of the Irish National Land League (b.1853).

Full date unknown

*Henry Allan, painter (b.1865).
*Justin McCarthy, politician, historian and novelist (b.1830).

References