1906 in Ireland

Centuries:	18th ; 19th ; 20th ; 21st ;
Decades:	1880s ; 1890s ; 1900s ; 1910s ; 1920s ;
See also:	1906 in the United Kingdom ; Other events of 1906 ; List of years in Ireland

Last updated September 21, 2024

Events

4 January – Irish Parliamentary Party Member of Parliament William O'Brien called on nationalists to extract the maximum concessions for Ireland from every British government.
16 May – Temperance reformers met with the Lord-Lieutenant to seek Sunday closing for all public houses, earlier closing on Saturdays, and a reduction of public house licences throughout the country.
1 August – The Catholic Hierarchy ruled out any scheme for mixed religious education at Trinity College Dublin.
7 August – Douglas Hyde was awarded the freedom of Dublin.
8 August – A Parisian court granted a separation to Maud Gonne and John MacBride; Gonne was given custody of their son, Seán MacBride.
September – St Eunan's College opened in Letterkenny.
The Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast was completed, laying claim to being the first air conditioned building in the world.
Work on the building of Belfast City Hall was completed.
Alice Perry became the first woman to graduate with a degree in civil engineering in Ireland or Britain,^[1] at Queen's College, Galway, and was appointed in December as acting county surveyor for Galway.^[2]

Arts and literature

'Æ' (George William Russell) published his poetry collection By Still Waters.^[3]
Douglas Hyde edited and translated The Religious Songs of Connacht from Irish into English.^[4]
Winifred Mary Letts' one-act play The Eyes of the Blind premièred at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
W. B. Yeats published his Poems, 1899–1905.
Ella Young published her first book of verse, Poems.

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

22 April–2 May: in the Intercalated Games in Athens, Peter O'Connor beat Con Leahy to win Gold in the hop, step and jump, and also took Silver in the long jump. At the ceremony to mark the latter event, O'Connor scaled a flagpole and hoisted an Erin Go Bragh flag in protest at being put on the British team.

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).

Related Research Articles

Conradh na Gaeilge is a social and cultural organisation which promotes the Irish language in Ireland and worldwide. The organisation was founded in 1893 with Douglas Hyde as its first president, when it emerged as the successor of several 19th century groups such as the Gaelic Union. The organisation was a spearhead of the Gaelic revival and of Gaeilgeoir activism.

Events from the year 1953 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1950 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1949 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1929 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1923 in Ireland.

Events in the year 1911 in Ireland.

Events in the year 1910 in Ireland.

Events in 1909 in Ireland.

Events in the year 1908 in Ireland.

Events in the year 1907 in Ireland.

Events in the year 1902 in Ireland.

Events in the year 1901 in Ireland.

Alice Letitia Milligan [pseud. Iris Olkyrn] was an Irish writer and activist in Ireland's Celtic Revival; an advocate for the political and cultural participation of women; and a Protestant-unionist convert to the cause of Irish independence. She was at the height of her renown at the turn of the 20th century when in Belfast, with Anna Johnston, she produced the political and literary monthly The Shan Van Vocht (1896–1899), and when in Dublin the Irish Literary Theatre's performed "The Last Feast of the Fianna” (1900), Milligan's interpretation of Celtic legend as national drama.

Events from the year 1899 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1892 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1889 in Ireland.

Inghinidhe na hÉireann was a radical Irish nationalist women's organisation led and founded by Maud Gonne from 1900 to 1914, when it merged with the new Cumann na mBan.

Events from the year 1880 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1886 in Ireland.

References

↑ Irish Architectural Archive. "Perry, Alice Jacqueline". Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720–1940. Irish Architectural Archive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
↑ "Alice Perry". Institution of Engineers of Ireland . Retrieved 24 November 2011.
↑ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
↑ Preminger, Alex; Brogan, T. V. F.; et al., eds. (1993). "Anthologies in English and Translations from Gaelic". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics . Princeton University Press; MJF Books. p. 633.
1 2 3 Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 159. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Irish Architectural Archive. "Perry, Alice Jacqueline". Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720–1940. Irish Architectural Archive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[2] "Alice Perry". Institution of Engineers of Ireland . Retrieved 24 November 2011.

[3] Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.

[4] Preminger, Alex; Brogan, T. V. F.; et al., eds. (1993). "Anthologies in English and Translations from Gaelic". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics . Princeton University Press; MJF Books. p. 633.

[DH-5] 1 2 3 Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 159. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]