1911 in Ireland
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See also: 1910 in Ireland, other events of 1911, 1912 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.
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[edit] Events
- January 5 - Protestant church leaders condemn the Ne Temere Papal decree on mixed marriages.
- February 11 - Ireland beats England by one try to nil at the first rugby international of the season at Lansdowne Road.
- May 31 - The RMS Titanic's hull is launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. It was the largest steamship afloat.
- June 22 - As King George V is crowned in London a Sinn Féin meeting at the Customs House in Dublin condemns Irish participation in the coronation ceremonies.
- July 8 - King George V and Queen Mary officially open the College of Science in Merrion Square, Dublin.
- August 9 - A statue of Charles Stewart Parnell is hoisted onto its pedestal in Sackville Street.
- August 17 - Dublin County Council votes in favour of using Greenwich Mean Time. The councillors hear that Irish time, being 25 minutes behind Greenwich, is a great handicap for trade.
- August 18 - The Parliament Act removes the House of Lords's power regarding budgets and restricts their power over other bills to a two-year suspensive veto. This Act made Home Rule a possibility in the future.
- September 23 - 70,000 unionists and Orangemen march from Belfast to Craigavon House to protest against Home Rule.
- October 1 - The monument to Charles Stewart Parnell is officially unveiled in Upper Sackville Street.
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- Winners: Linfield
- Winners: Shelbourne 0 - 0, 2 - 1 Bohemians
- Glenavon joins the Irish Football League, replacing Bohemians who had resigned from the League, but returned the next year.
[edit] Gaelic Games
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions: Kilkenny
- All-Ireland Senior Football Champions: Cork
- Meath were declared Leinster football champions for 20 minutes, but when Kilkenny arrived late for the final, Meath agreed to play the match and were beaten.
[edit] Births
- 31 January - Eddie Byrne, actor (d.1981).
- 3 February - Tom Davis, soccer player.
- 12 February - Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Attorney-General, Chief Justice of Ireland and fifth President of Ireland (d.1978).
- 28 February - Denis Parsons Burkitt, surgeon (d.1993).
- 5 May - James Horan, Roman Catholic monsignor, conceived and created Knock Airport (d.1986).
- 17 May - Maureen O'Sullivan, actress (d.1998).
- 8 August - Billy Behan, soccer player and scout (d.1991).
- 24 September - James Gill, cricketer (d.2000).
- 5 October - Brian O'Nolan, also known as Myles na gCopaleen, novelist, satirist and humourist (d.1966).
- 19 October - John de Courcy Ireland, maritime historian and political activist (d.2006).
- Donal Lamont, former Catholic Bishop in Rhodesia (d.2003).
- William Bedell Stanford, classical scholar and senator (d.1984).
[edit] Deaths
- 3 February - Robert Tressell, writer and author of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (b.1870).
