1905 in Ireland

Events

*9 January - The Lillebonne, the largest vessel ever constructed in Dublin, is successfully launched in the North Wall Yard.
*6 March - The obligation of the Post Office in regard to letters addressed in Irish is raised in the British House of Commons. The debate arises because the GPO in Dublin returned parcels addressed in Irish by the Gaelic League.
*29 May - Statistics for Ireland in 1904 show that nearly 37,000 people emigrated. Since 1851 almost 4 million people have left the island.
*7 July - The Drunkenness (Ireland) Bill is debated in the British House of Commons. Irish Members of Parliament criticise the bill on the grounds that it is offensive.
*28 November - Founding of Sinn Féin.
*Church House, Belfast is built, home to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*International::25 February - England 1 - 1 Ireland (in Middlesbrough)cite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p 158|isbn=0-86281-874-5] ::18 March Scotland 4 - 0 Ireland (in Glasgow)::8 April Ireland 2 - 2 Wales (in Belfast)

*Irish League::Winners: Glentoran

*Irish Cup::Winners: Distillery 3 - 0 Shelbourne

*Windsor Park football ground in Belfast is opened with a match between Linfield and Glentoran.

Gaelic Games

*The All-Ireland Champions are Kilkenny (hurling) and Kildare (football)

Births

*23 April - William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew (d.1994).
*26 April - Denis O'Dea, actor (d.1978).
*22 May - Mick Ahern, Cork hurler (d.1946).
*8 June - Brian Coffey, poet and publisher (d.1995).
*24 June - Michael Scott, architect (d.1989).
*3 September - Jimmy Dunne, soccer player (d.1949).
*9 September - Jimmy McCambridge, soccer player (d.1980).
*15 September - Pat O'Callaghan, athlete and Olympic gold medallist (d.1991).
*11 December - Erskine Hamilton Childers, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and fourth President of Ireland (d.1974).

Full date unknown

*Padraic Fallon, poet (d.1974).
*P. A. Ó Síocháin, journalist, author and lawyer (d.1995).
*Nano Reid, painter (d.1981).
*Jackie Wright, comedian (d.1989).

Deaths

*12 January - James Mason, chess player and writer (b.1849).
*9 February - Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare, peer (d.1825).
*14 March - George Fisher, Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand (b.1843).
*6 April - Henry Benedict Medlicott, geologist (d.1829).
*24 April - Kivas Tully, architect (b.1820).
*31 May - Michael N. Nolan, U.S. Representative from New York, mayor of Albany (b.1833).
*15 July - Kevin Izod O'Doherty, transported to Australia in 1849, physician and politician (d.1823).
*13 September - Patrick Collins, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and Mayor of Boston (b.1844).
*19 September - Thomas John Barnardo, philanthropist (b.1845).
*31 October - Bryan O'Loghlen, politician in Australia, 13th Premier of Victoria (b.1828).
*9 December - William Ford, businessman in America, father of Henry Ford (b.1826).

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