1902 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1902 in Ireland.
Contents
Events
- 7 January - Waterford Corporation passes a motion to confer the freedom of the city on John Redmond.
- 8 January - The Great National Convention takes place in the Round Room of the Rotunda in Dublin. Motions are passed regarding coercion, the Irish language and evicted tenants.
- 2 April - John Redmond is awarded the freedom of the City of Dublin.
- 2 June - The centenary of the Congregation of Christian Brothers is celebrated with High Mass in the Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago.
- 22 July - Thomas Croke dies at the age of 78. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel since 1875, he was the first patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association and a supporter of the Gaelic League and the Land League.
- Spring to Autumn - the Cork International Exhibition (1902) is held.
- Dunraven land conference starts.[1]
- The Roman Catholic Loughrea Cathedral is completed.
- Michael McCarthy's Priests and People in Ireland is published.
Arts and literature
- 2 April - First performance of W. B. Yeats's play Cathleen Ní Houlihan in Dublin.[2]
- The Irish Literary Theatre project ends.[1]
- Padraic Colum's anti-enlistment play, The Saxon Shillin', is awarded a prize by Cumann na nGaedheal.
- Percy French writes the comic song Are Ye Right There Michael?
- Augusta, Lady Gregory, publishes Cuchulain of Muirthemne, a retelling of Irish mythology in English.
- Walter Osborne paints his last work, Tea in the Garden, in Dublin.
Sport
Football
- International
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- Winners: Linfield
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- Winners: Linfield 5 - 0 Distillery
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- Winners: 26 April Hibernian 1 - 0 Celtic (at Celtic Park, Glasgow)
Births
January to June
- 2 January - Dan Keating, Ireland's oldest man and last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence (died 2007).
- 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).
- 25 April Cormac Breslin, Fianna Fáil TD and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (died 1978).
July to December
- 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).
- 4 September - Patrick Lenihan, Fianna Fáil TD (died 1970).
- 16 September - James Dillon, former leader of Fine Gael, TD and 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
- Thekla Beere, civil servant (died 1991).
- Frank Carney, playwright and civil servant.
- Maurice Gorham, journalist and broadcasting executive (died 1975).
- Jim Hurley, veteran of the Irish War of Independence, Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler (died 1965).
- Patrick MacDonogh, poet (died 1961).
- 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).
- Francis Stuart, writer (died 2000).
Deaths
- 20 January - Aubrey Thomas de Vere, poet and critic (born 1814).
- 10 March - C. Y. O'Connor, engineer in Australia (born 1843).
- 21 April - Ethna Carbery, writer and poet (born 1866).
- 20 July - John William Mackay, businessman in America (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
- John O'Hart, genealogist (born 1824).
- Edward Harrington (b. c. 1852), Member of Parliament (MP) for West Kerry 1885–1892
