1902 in Ireland explained
Events in the year 1902 in Ireland.
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Association football
- International
22 February – Wales 0–3 Ireland (in Cardiff)[3]
1 March – Ireland 1–5 Scotland (in Belfast)[3]
22 – March Ireland 0–1 England (in Belfast)[3]
- Irish League
Winners: Linfield F.C.
- Irish Cup
Winners: Linfield F.C. 5–0 Distillery F.C.
Births
- 2 January – Dan Keating, Ireland's oldest man and last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence (died 2007)[4]
- 13 January – Francis Connell, cricketer (died 1983).
- 20 January – Kevin Barry, Irish Republican Army member (executed for his part in an operation resulting in the deaths of three British soldiers 1920).
- 26 February – Jim Hurley, veteran of the Irish War of Independence, Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler (died 1965).
- 25 April – Cormac Breslin, Fianna Fáil party Teachta Dála (TD) and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (died 1978).
- 29 April – Francis Stuart, writer (died 2000).
- 20 July – Jimmy Kennedy, songwriter (died 1984).
- 21 July – William Bernard Barry, politician in the United States (died 1946 in the United States).
- 16 August – Arthur Douglas, cricketer and rugby player (died 1937 in Northern Ireland).
- 4 September – Patrick Lenihan, Fianna Fáil party TD (died 1970).
- 11 September – Frank Ryan, member of the Irish Republican Army, editor of An Phoblacht, leftist activist and leader of Irish volunteers on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War (died 1944).
- 16 September – James Dillon, former leader of the Fine Gael party, TD and government minister (died 1986).
- 2 October – Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester, born Viscount Mandeville, British Royal Navy officer and hereditary peer (died 1977 in England).
- 16 December – Billy King, cricketer (died 1987).
- 29 December – Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford, politician, dramatist, and poet (died 1961).
- December – Maurice Gerard Moynihan, civil servant and writer (died 1999).
- Full date unknown
Deaths
- 20 January – Aubrey Thomas de Vere, poet and critic (born 1814).
- 12 February – Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, politician, diplomat, and traveller (born 1826 in Florence).
- 10 March – C. Y. O'Connor, engineer in Australia (born 1843).
- 21 April – Ethna Carbery, writer and poet (born 1866).
- 29 May – Edward Harrington, Member of Parliament (MP) for West Kerry 1885–1892 (born c.1852)
- 20 July – John William Mackay, businessman in the United States (born 1831).
- 22 July – Thomas Croke, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, founder patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association (born 1824).
- 23 December – Lucius Gwynn, cricketer (born 1873).
- Full date unknown
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Moody, T. W. . Martin, F. X. . 1967. The Course of Irish History. Mercier Press. Cork. 380.
- Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 460–461.
- Book: Hayes, Dean. 2006. Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Appletree Press. Belfast. 0-86281-874-5. 157.
- Book: Muircheartaigh, Micheál . From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain: travels and stories from Ireland's most beloved broadcaster . Penguin Ireland Penguin Books . Dublin London . 2007 . 9780141911649 .