1911 in Ireland

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Events in the year 1911 in Ireland.

Events

  • 5 January – Protestant church leaders condemned the {{lang|la|Ne Temere}} Papal decree on mixed marriages.
  • 2 April – The national population census was taken.[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/help/about19011911census.html About the 1901 and 1911 censuses]
  • 16 May – The Cunard Line's {{SS|Ivernia}} struck a rock on entering Queenstown harbour.
  • 27 May – The first issue of the Irish Worker was published. The paper was the official organ of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU) and was edited by James Larkin.
  • 31 May – The RMS Titanic's hull was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. It was the largest ship afloat. Her sister {{RMS|Olympic}} sailed for Liverpool the same day to take up transatlantic service.
  • 22 June – As George V was crowned King in London a Sinn Féin meeting at the Customs House in Dublin condemned Irish participation in the coronation ceremonies.
  • 8–12 July – King George V and Queen Mary made a five-day royal visit to Dublin which was the last to the city this century. On 8 July, they officially open the College of Science in Merrion Square and on 10 July they visited St Patrick's College, Maynooth.{{cite news|title=Royal Visit to Ireland|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58276941|newspaper=Kilmore Free Press|location=Kilmore, Victoria|date=1911-07-13|access-date=2014-01-20}}
  • 9 August – A statue of Charles Stewart Parnell was hoisted onto its pedestal in Sackville Street, Dublin.
  • 17 August – Dublin County Council voted in favour of using Greenwich Mean Time. The councillors heard that Irish time, being 25 minutes behind Greenwich, was a great handicap for trade.
  • 18 August – The Parliament Act removed the House of Lords' power regarding budgets and restricted their power over other bills to a two-year suspensive veto. This made Irish Home Rule a possibility in the future.
  • 21 August – The Irish Women's Suffrage Federation was founded.
  • 26 August – Wexford foundry workers were locked out for attempting to join the ITGWU. The lockout continued until February 1912.
  • 23 September – 70,000 Unionists and Orangemen marched from Belfast to Craigavon House to protest against Home Rule.
  • 1 October – The monument to Parnell was officially unveiled in Upper Sackville Street, Dublin.
  • ; Full date unknown
  • A strike of women workers at Jacob's biscuit factory in Dublin was organised by Rosie Hackett.
  • The organisation Royal Arch Purple was formed, closely linked to the Orange Institution.{{cite web|title=Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet(CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/parade/chpa2.htm|access-date=28 January 2010}}
  • Bellevue Pleasure Gardens, a public park and recreational area, was opened on the slopes of Cavehill in Belfast.
  • Sir Samuel Kelly founded his family coal merchant business as a limited company with a capital of £50,000, as John Kelly Limited.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Sea_Breezes/jHoqAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=john%20kelly%20limited%201911&dq=john%20kelly%20limited%201911&printsec=frontcover |title=Sea Breezes |date=1980 |publisher=C. Birchall & Sons |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Kelly’s Coal Yard {{!}} Ulster Folk Museum |url=https://www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/stories/kellys-coal-yard |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org |language=en}}

Arts and literature

Sport

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  • ; International
  • 28 January – Ireland 1–2 Wales (in Belfast){{cite book|last=Hayes|first=Dean|year=2006|title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts|publisher=Appletree Press|location=Belfast|isbn=0-86281-874-5|page=1}}
  • 11 February – England 2–2 Ireland (in Derby)
  • 18 March – Scotland 2–0 Ireland (in Glasgow)

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  • 11 February – Ireland beat England by one try to nil at the first Rugby Union international of the season at Lansdowne Road.

Births

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See also

References

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