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Events from the year 1896 in Ireland.
Events
- February – the Broighter Gold hoard of prehistoric objects is discovered near Limavady by Tom Nicholl while ploughing.
- 29 March – the Royal College of St Patrick, Maynooth is granted the status of pontifical university by charter of the Holy See.
- 16 May – the first electric tram runs on the Dublin tramways system.
- May – James Connolly returns from Edinburgh to Ireland as paid organiser for the Dublin Socialist Club. He founds the Irish Republican Socialist Party.
- 28 March – Tom Gallaher incorporates the Gallaher tobacco business and opens the world's largest tobacco factory in Belfast.
- John Dillon assumes the leadership of the anti-Parnellite wing of the Home Rule Party.
- An extension is made to Arthur Balfour's Land Act. 1,500 bankrupt estates are made available for sale to tenants.
- Ireland's first motor vehicle laws are introduced.
- Restoration of the Church of Ireland's Kildare Cathedral is completed.
Arts and literature
- 20 April – first cinema show in Ireland, at Dan Lowry's Star of Erin Variety Theatre in Dublin.
- The lyrics of The Mountains of Mourne are written by Percy French with Dr. W. Houston Collision.
- Charles Villiers Stanford's comic opera Shamus O'Brien is first performed.
Sport
Cricket
- International
- February: Tim O'Brien becomes the first Irish captain of the England cricket team in a match won against South Africa at Port Elizabeth
Football
- International
- 29 February Wales 6–1 Ireland (in Wrexham)
- 7 March Ireland 0-2 England (in Belfast)
- 28 March Ireland 3-3 Scotland (in Belfast)
- Irish League
- Winners: Distillery
- Irish Cup
- Winners: Distillery 3 - 1 Glentoran
Field hockey
- International
- 2 March: The Ireland women's national field hockey team defeat England 2–0 at Alexandra College in the first ever women's international field hockey match.
Tennis
- The Championships, Wimbledon
- Harold Mahony wins the gentleman's singles Championship
- Olympic Games
- John Pius Boland wins gold medals in the men's singles and doubles at the first modern Summer Olympics in Athens (Greece)
Births
- 15 February – Arthur Shields, actor (died 1970).
- March – Martin Joseph Sheehan, soldier and Royal Air Service Observer in World War I, killed in action (died 1918).
- 4 April – Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet, diplomat and politician (died 1936).
- 24 April – F. R. Higgins, poet and theatre director (died 1941).
- 9 May – Austin Clarke, poet, playwright and writer (died 1974).
- 22 May – Cyril Fagan, astrologer (died 1970).
- 28 August – Liam O'Flaherty, novelist and short story writer (died 1984).
- 17 September – Oscar Heron, Irish World War I flying ace (died 1933).
- 10 November – Sophie Catherine Theresa Mary Peirce-Evans, later Mary, Lady Heath, aviator, athlete and writer (died 1939).
- 25 December – Sister Philippa Brazill, nurse in Australia (died 1988).
- Full date unknown
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- Monk Gibbon, poet and author (died 1987).
- Fiona Plunkett, republican (died 1977).
Deaths
- 10 January – Denis Dempsey, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1826).
- 3 February – Jane Wilde, poet ("Esperanza"; born 1821).
- 4 March – Peter Richard Kenrick, first Catholic archbishop west of the Mississippi River (born 1806).
- 4 May – Timothy Anglin, politician in Canada and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (born 1822).
- 18 May – Patrick Buckley, soldier, lawyer, statesman, and judge in New Zealand (born 1841).
- 8 August – William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick, peer (born 1840).
- 10 August – Jeremiah O'Sullivan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile (born 1842).
- 15 August – Patrick Duggan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert (born 1813).
- 22 September – Edward Selby Smyth, British General, commanded Militia of Canada from 1874 to 1880 (born 1819).
- 1 November – Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey, boxer (born 1862).
- 31 December – Leland Hone, cricketer (born 1853).
- Full date unknown
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- Canon James Goodman, Irish music collector (born 1828).
See also
References
- Rescripts of the Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide.
- Robinson, Patrick (2007). Film Facts. Wigston: Quantum Books. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-84573-235-6.
- De Burgh Daly, Mrs (1973). Prose, Poems and Parodies of Percy French. Dublin: Talbot Press. pp. vii–xv. ISBN 0-85452-107-0.
- Siggins, Ger (2011-08-27). "Timothy Carew O'Brien – the first Irishman to captain England". CricketEurope. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ^ Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. pp. 154–155. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
- "125 Year Anniversary Of IHU Formation". www.hockey.ie. 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- "A history of the sport on the island as Hockey Ireland celebrates 125th anniversary". www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- "Living for the days of the big finals Alexandra College". www.irishtimes.com. 27 February 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- "A History of Hockey – Part 2". www.wispsports.com. 17 December 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- "Hockey: Internationals Set For Three Rock Rovers & Alexandra College". www.sportireland.ie. 13 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- "Grange Road and Milltown to host Scotland series". www.hookhockey.com. 13 October 2014. Archived from the original on September 15, 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.