1897 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- The Irish Motor Car and Cycle Company is established.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, is published for the first time.
- Amanda McKittrick Ros publishes Irene Iddesleigh.
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- International
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- 20 February England 6 - 0 Ireland (in Nottingham)[1]
- 6 March Ireland 4 - 3 Wales (in Belfast)[1]
- 27 March Scotland 5 - 1 Ireland (in Glasgow)[1]
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- Winners: Glentoran
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- Winners: Cliftonville 3 - 1 Sherwood Foresters
[edit] Births
- 1 March - Robert Bowers, cricketer (d.1956).
- 23 March - John Lighton Synge, mathematician and physicist (d.1995).
- 4 April - Francis Evans, British diplomat (d.1983).
- 26 May - Ernie O'Malley, prominent officer in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and on anti-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War and a writer (d.1957).
- 10 June - Moss (Maurice) Twomey, chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (d.1978).
- 1 July - Tom Barry, guerrilla leader in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence (d.1980).
- 1 September - Andy Kennedy, footballer (d.1963).
- 26 November - Thomas Derrig, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (d.1956).
- 3 December - Kate O'Brien, novelist (d.1974).
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- Eddie Doyle, Kilkenny hurler (d.1948).
- Bob Fullam, soccer player (d.1974).
- Mainie Jellett, painter (d.1944).
- Maurice Moore, Irish republican who fought in the Irish War of Independence, executed (d.1921).
- Seán Óg Murphy, Cork hurler, Gaelic Athletic Association administrator (d.1965).
- Ed Reavy, fiddle player and songwriter (d.1988).
- Enid Starkie, literary critic and biographer (d.1970).
[edit] Deaths
- 21 January - Anthony O'Grady Lefroy, government official in Western Australia (b.1816).
- 24 January - Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, novelist (b.1855).
- 19 March - Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, geographer (b.1810).
- 1 April - William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin (b.1828).
- 11 October - Charles W. Jones, lawyer and United States Senator in Florida (b.1834).
- 31 October - Samuel Haughton, scientific writer (b.1821).
- 25 November - John Coleman, United States Marine, recipient of Medal of Honor for his actions in 1871 during the Korean Expedition (b.1847).
- 8 December - Mary O'Connell, nurse during the American Civil War (b.1814).
[edit] Full date unknown
- William R. Roberts, diplomat, Fenian Society member and United States Representative from New York (b.1830).
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 155. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
