1902 in Ireland

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See also: 1901 in Ireland, other events of 1902, 1903 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 3.1 Football 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 References

[edit] Events

• January 7 - Waterford Corporation passes a motion to confer the freedom of the city on John Redmond.
• January 8 - The Great National Convention takes place in the Round Room of the Rotunda in Dublin. Motions are passed regarding coercion, the Irish language and evicted tenants.
• April 2 - John Redmond is awarded the freedom of Dublin.
• June 2 - The centenary of the Christian Brothers is celebrated with High Mass in the Pro-Cathedral on Dublin.
• July 22 - Archbishop Thomas Croke dies at the age of 78. He was the first patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association and was a supporter of the Gaelic League and the Land League.
• Dunraven land conference starts.^[1]

[edit] Arts and literature

• Irish Literary Theatre becomes Irish National Theatre Society.^[1]

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 5 - 0 Distillery

[edit] Births

• 2 January - Dan Keating, Ireland's oldest man and last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence (d.2007).
• 13 January - Francis Connell, cricketer (d.1983).
• 20 January - Kevin Barry, executed for his part in an Irish Republican Army operation resulting in the deaths of three British soldiers (d.1920).
• 25 April Cormac Breslin, Fianna Fáil TD and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (d.1978|).
• 20 July - Jimmy Kennedy, songwriter (d.1984).
• 16 August - Arthur Douglas, cricketer and rugby player (d.1937).
• 4 September - Patrick Lenihan, Fianna Fáil TD (d.1970).
• 16 September - James Dillon, former leader of Fine Gael, TD and Minister (d.1986).
• 29 December - Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford, politician, dramatist and poet (d.1961).
• December - Maurice Gerard Moynihan, civil servant and writer (d.1999).
• Thekla Beere, civil servant (d.1991).
• Maurice Gorham, journalist and broadcasting executive (d.1975).
• Patrick MacDonogh, poet (d.1961).
• Frank Ryan, member of the Irish Republican Army, editor of An Phoblacht, leftist activist and leader of Irish volunteers on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War (d.1944).
• Francis Stuart, writer (d.2000).

[edit] Deaths

• 21 April - Ethna Carbery, writer and poet (b.1866).
• 20 July - John William Mackay, businessman in America (b.1831).
• 22 July - Thomas William Croke,Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, founder patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association (b.1824).
• John O'Hart, genealogist (b.1824).

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds) (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press, p 380.