1903 in Ireland
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See also: 1902 in Ireland, other events of 1903, 1904 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.
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[edit] Events
- January 3 - The Norwegian ship, Remittent, is towed into quarantine in Queenstown (Cóbh). The entire crew are suffering from beriberi.
- February 3 - The proposed canonisation of Oliver Plunkett is discussed in Rome.
- February 27 - A meeting at the Mansion House enthusiastically welcomes a movement to establish St. Patrick's Day as a national holiday.
- March 8 - Charles Gavan Duffy is buried at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. He is laid to rest near others who took part in the 1848 Rising.
- March 26 - Chief Secretary Wynham introduces the Irish Land Bill in the British House of Commons.
- March 31 - The Lord-Lieutenant announces that King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra intend to visit Ireland within the coming year.
- May 15 - The Chief Secretary for Ireland, George Wyndham, asks for support for his Irish Land Bill.
- May 23 - Extracts from the annual report of the British Army shows that there are 35,717 Irishmen in its service.
- June 9 - Dublin University announces that it is to award degrees to women following a vote.
- August 14 - The Wyndham Land Act is passed in the British House of Commons. It offers special incentives to landlords to sell their entire estates.
- September 5 - Irish painter Henry Jones Thaddeus is granted permission to paint the first portrait of Pope Pius X.
- November 13 - The 2nd battalion of the Dublin Fusiliers is welcomed home after nearly 20 years of foreign service.
- December 22 - The well-known Irish optician, Patrick Cahill, who had the sole privilege of supplying the late Pope Leo XIII with spectacles, is to supply the present pontiff, Pope Pius X.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- Winners: Distillery
- Winners: Distillery 3 - 1 Bohemians
- Bohemians becomes the first Dublin team to join the Irish Football League.
[edit] Births
- 19 January - Alfred Lane Beit, British politician, art collector and philanthropist, honorary Irish citizen (d.1994).
- 28 January - Kathleen Lonsdale, X-ray crystallographer (d.1971).
- 2 February - Hilton Edwards, actor, director, co-founder of Gate Theatre (d.1982).
- 5 February - William Teeling, author, traveller and UK politician (d.1975).
- 11 March - Michael Hilliard, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP (d.1982).
- 13 March - Joseph Blowick second leader of Clann na Talmhan, TD and Cabinet Minister (d.1970).
- 5 April - Leo Rowsome, teacher, player and maker of uilleann pipes (d.1970).
- 25 May - Ewart Milne, poet (d.1987).
- 8 June - Harry Duggan, soccer player (d.1968).
- 18 July - Charles Hill, cricketer (d.1982).
- 5 August - Achey Kelly, cricketer (d.1961).
- 17 September - Frank O'Connor, short story writer and memoirist (d.1966).
- 6 October - Ernest Walton, physicist, 1951 Nobel Prize for Physics (d.1995).
- 1 November - Max Adrian, actor (d.1973).
- 18 December - Harry Forsyth, cricketer.
- Leo Maguire, singer, songwriter and radio broadcaster (d.1985).
- Stanley Woods, motor cycle racer, with 29 Grand Prix wins and 10 Isle of Man TT wins (d.1993).
[edit] Deaths
- 5 April - Mary Anne Sadlier, novelist (b.1820).
- 12 September - Maxwell Henry Close, geologist (b.1822).
- 22 October - William Edward Hartpole Lecky, historian (b.1838).
- Walter Osborne, painter (b.1859).
