1906 in Ireland explained
Events in the year 1906 in Ireland.
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Association football
- International
17 February – Ireland 0–5 England (in Belfast) (25th annual match, with no Irish wins)[5] Val Harris became the first Dubliner to play for Ireland.
17 March – Ireland 0–1 Scotland (in Dublin)[5]
2 April – Wales 4–4 Ireland (in Wrexham)[5]
- Irish League
Winners: Cliftonville F.C. and Distillery F.C. The title was shared after two playoff matches ended in draws.
- Irish Cup
Winners: Shelbourne F.C. 2–0 Belfast Celtic. Shelbourne became the first Dublin club to win the Irish Cup.
Athletics
Births
- 4 February – Letitia Dunbar-Harrison, librarian (died 1994 in Northern Ireland).
- 13 February – Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Irish language writer (died 1970).
- 13 April – Samuel Beckett, Nobel Prize in Literature, playwright, novelist, and poet (died 1989).
- 24 May – John Joseph Scanlan, second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu (died 1997).
- 1 July – Ivan Neill, major and Unionist politician (died 2001 in Northern Ireland).
- 19 July – Hugh T. Baker, cricketer (died 1989).
- 11 August – James Graham, cricketer (died 1942).
- 28 September – William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel, peer and Labour party politician (died 1997).
- 28 September – Lawrence Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse (d. c.1979).
- 22 October – Charles Lynch, pianist (died 1984).
- 10 December – Padraig Marrinan, artist (died 1975 in Northern Ireland).
Deaths
- 2 March – Ellen Mary Clerke, author, journalist, poet, and science writer (born 1840).
- 30 May – Michael Davitt, republican, nationalist agrarian agitator, social campaigner, labour leader, and Irish National Land League founder (born 1846).
- 7 July – John Drummond, early settler and explorer in Western Australia, first Inspector of Native Police there (born 1816).
- 21 October – Edward James Saunderson, leader of the Irish Unionist Party in the British House of Commons (born 1837).
- 10 November – John Richardson Wigham, lighting engineer (born 1829 in Scotland).
- 27 November – Michael Cusack, founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association (born 1847).
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Irish Architectural Archive. Perry, Alice Jacqueline. Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720–1940. Irish Architectural Archive. 8 February 2015.
- Web site: Alice Perry. Institution of Engineers of Ireland. 2011-11-24.
- Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6. registration.
- Book: Preminger, Alex . Brogan, T. V. F. . etal . The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. registration. 1993. Princeton University Press; MJF Books. Anthologies in English and Translations from Gaelic. 633.
- Book: Hayes, Dean. 2006. Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Appletree Press. Belfast. 0-86281-874-5. 159.