1914 in Ireland
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See also: 1913 in Ireland, other events of 1914, 1915 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.
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[edit] Events
- January 17 - Edward Carson inspects a parade of the East Belfast Regiment of the Ulster Volunteer Force.
- March 1 - Three outbreaks of foot and mouth disease are confirmed in County Cork.
- March 9 - The British Prime Minister proposes to allow the Ulster counties to hold a vote on whether or not to join a Home Rule parliament in Dublin.
- April 6 - The second reading of the Home Rule Bill is carried in Westminster.
- April 25 - 35,000 rifles and over 3 million rounds of ammunition are landed at Larne, Bangor and two other ports for the UVF (see Larne Gun Running). The equipment is quickly distributed around Ulster.
- June 23 - The Government of Ireland Bill is introduced into the House of Lords. It allows Ulster counties to vote on whether or not they want to come under Dublin's jurisdiction. The wishes of Fermanagh and Tyrone are eventually ignored.
- July 10 - The Provisional Government of Ulster meets for the first time in the Ulster Hall. It vows "to keep Ulster in trust" for the British Empire.
- July 21 - A conference is opened at Buckingham Palace by the King. It is hoped that unionists and nationalists attending will break the impasse over Home Rule.
- July 24 - The Buckingham Palace conference ends in failure. Nationalists and unionists present couldn't agree in principle or detail.
- July 26 - Erskine Childers and his wife sail into Howth and land 2,500 guns for the Irish Volunteers.
- July 30 - The Government of Ireland (Amendment) Bill is postponed indefinitely due to the worsening European situation.
- August 12 - The County Clare-born inventor of the submarine, Fenian John Holland, dies in New Jersey aged 79.
[edit] Arts and literature
- James Joyce publishes his Dubliners, a collection of 15 short stories depicting the Irish middle classes in and around Dublin during the early 20th century.
[edit] Sports
[edit] Football
- Ireland win the British Home Championship football tournament outright for the first time.
- Winners: Linfield
[edit] Births
- 15 January - Sir James Flanagan, in Derry. The first and only Roman Catholic Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (d.1999).
- 18 January - Patrick Lindsay, Fine Gael TD and lawyer (d.1993).
- 10 July - Charles Donnelly, poet, killed at the Jarama Front, Spanish Civil War (d.1937).
- 30 July - Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, journalist, author, sports official and sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (d.1999).
- 5 August - Charles Cuffe, cricketer (d.1972).
- 10 September - Terence O'Neill, Fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d.1990).
- 8 November - Jackie Brown, footballer.
- Eddie McAteer, Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) MP (d.1986).
- Sydney Sparkes Orr, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania (d.1966).
[edit] Deaths
- 25 March - Robert James McMordie, solicitor, politician and Lord Mayor of Belfast (b.1849).
- 31 March - Timothy Daniel Sullivan, journalist, politician and poet, wrote the Irish national hymn God Save Ireland (b.1827).
- 19 May - Frederick James Walker, motor cycle racer, killed at 1914 Isle of Man TT races (b.1876).
