1915 in Ireland
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See also: 1914 in Ireland, other events of 1915, 1916 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.
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[edit] Events
- April 4 - 25,000 National Volunteers assemble at the Phoenix Park. John Redmond takes the salute from under the statue of Charles Stewart Parnell on Sackville Street.
- April 5 - At the National Volunteers convention at the Mansion House John Redmond praises their response to World War I.
- May 7 - The RMS Lusitania is torpedoed by German submarines about eight miles off the coast of Kinsale, County Cork while en route from New York to Liverpool. 1,195 lives lost.
- May 9 - Hopes of finding Sir Hugh Lane alive have faded completely. He was a patron of Irish painting and modern art, and was one of many people who were on board the Lusitania.
- May 25 - The British Prime Minister appoints a national wartime coalition of 12 Liberals, 8 Unionists and 1 Labour member. In Dublin the Irish Parliamentary Party approves John Redmond's decision not to join.
- July 29 - Republicans, led by Patrick Pearse, take over the Gaelic League at its Dundalk conference. Douglas Hyde resigns as its President.
- August 1 - Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin, and Pearse delivers the graveside oration.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- Winners: Belfast Celtic
- Winners: Linfield 1 - 0 Belfast Celtic
[edit] Births
- 11 January - Paddy Mayne, international rugby union footballer and decorated soldier (d.1955).
- 13 January - Kit Ahern, former Fianna Fáil TD (d.2007).
- 7 February - Mark Clinton, Fine Gael TD, former Minister for Agriculture and MEP (d.2001).
- 15 February - Sam Kydd, actor (d.1982).
- 9 April - Leonard Wibberley, author (d.1983).
- 3 May - Walter Macken, novelist, dramatist and actor (d.1967).
- 18 September - James Tully, former Labour Party TD and Cabinet Minister (d.1992).
- 20 December - Noel Browne, politician and former Cabinet Minister (d.1997).
- John Graham, Irish Republican Army activist in the 1940s (d.1997).
[edit] Deaths
- 20 January - Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, businessman, politician, and philanthropist (b.1840).
- 21 August - Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford, peer and soldier (b.1864).
- 25 September - Joseph Lynch, cricketer (b.1880).
