1906 in Ireland

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See also: 1905 in Ireland, other events of 1906, 1907 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 4 - Irish Parliamentary Party Member of Parliament, William O'Brien, calls on nationalists to extract the maximum concessions for Ireland from every English government .
• February 17 - The 25th annual soccer match between Ireland and England takes place in Belfast. Ireland has yet to beat the 'old enemy' in the competition. Val Harris becomes the first Dubliner to play for Ireland.
• May 16 - Temperance reformers meet with the Lord-Lieutenant. They want Sunday closing for all public houses, earlier closing on Saturdays and a reduction of licences throughout the country.
• May 30 - Land reform campaigner Michael Davitt dies aged 60.
• August 1 - The Catholic Hierarchy rules out any scheme for mixed education at Trinity College Dublin.
• August 7 - Douglas Hyde is awarded the freedom of Dublin.
• August 8 - A Parisian court cannot grant a divorce to Maud Gonne and John MacBride. A separation is granted and she is given custody of their son, Seán MacBride.
• Belfast and Northern Counties Railway taken over by Midland Railway (of England).^[1]

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[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Cliftonville and Distillery. The title was shared after two playoff matches ended in draws.

• Irish Cup

Winners: Shelbourne 2 - 0 Belfast Celtic. Shelbourne become the first Dublin club to win the Irish Cup.

[edit] Births

• 13 April - Samuel Beckett, Nobel Prize in Literature 1969, playwright, novelist and poet (d.1989).
• 19 July - Hugh Baker, cricketer (d.1989).
• 11 August - James Graham, cricketer (d.1942).
• 28 September - Lawrence Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse (d. c1979).
• 10 December - Padraig Marrinan, artist (d.1975).

[edit] Deaths

• 2 March - Ellen Mary Clerke, author, journalist, poet and science writer (b.1840).
• 30 May - Michael Davitt, republican, nationalist agarian agitator, social campaigner, labour leader and Irish National Land League founder (b.1846).
• 21 October - Edward James Saunderson, leader of the Irish Unionist Party in the British House of Commons (b.1837).
• 27 November - Michael Cusack, founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association (b.1847).

[edit] References