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Events
- Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I) or GNRI) forms by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway (INW), Northern Railway of Ireland, and Ulster Railway. Events May - Ballymena Cushendall and Red Bay Railway opens with services between Ballymena and Retreat in County Antrim. Events February - General election in which 59 professing Home Rulers were returned Events February - Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain founded at Manchester. Events Ulster Hospital for Women and Sick Children is opened in Chichester Street Belfast. Events J P Mahaffy appointed to the Chair of Ancient History at Trinity College Dublin at the age of 32 Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Events July - The narrow gauge Ballymena and Larne Railway starts operations in County Antrim. Events August - The narrow gauge Ballymena and Larne Railway starts passenger operations in County Antrim, the first on the Irish Events 20 April - First of many "monster meetings" of tenant farmers held in Irishtown near Claremorris, County Mayo. Events 2 February - Charles Stewart Parnell addresses the United States Congress. Events 16 January - The lowest temperature ever recorded in Ireland, -19 Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year This is a list of years in Ireland. See also the Timeline of Irish history. The Great Northern Railway (Ireland (GNR(I or GNRI was an Irish railway company formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway (INW Northern
Arts and literature
Sport
Births
- 21 January - James Larkin, trade union leader, socialist and Irish Labour Party TD (d. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. For his son see James Larkin Jnr, and for the English actor see James Larkin (actor. The Labour Party (Páirtí an Lucht Oibre is a Democratic socialist and Social democratic Political party in the Republic of Ireland. A Teachta Dála (ˈtʲaxtə ˈdɑːlə is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Oireachtas (Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. 1947). Events January 30 - The internationally known labour leader Jim Larkin dies in Dublin aged 72
- 25 February - Philip Graves, journalist and writer (d. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor For the Vertigo Comics character see Agent Graves. Philip Perceval Graves ( February 25 1876 &ndash June 3 1953). Events January 18 - Sinn Féin decides to contest all 12 constituencies in the next Westminster elections in Northern Ireland.
- 11 April - Paul Henry, artist (d. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Paul Henry ( 11 April 1876 &ndash 24 August 1958) was a Northern Irish artist who painted the west of Ireland landscape with a spare post-impressionist 1958). Events March 18 - An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera says he would be willing to have talks with the government of Northern Ireland
- 3 August - Sep Lambert, cricketer (d. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Septimus Drummond "Sep" Lambert (born 3 August 1876 in Dublin, Ireland; died 21 April 1959 in Dublin 1959). Events January 7 - Dáil Éireann debates a motion that Éamon de Valera 's position as controlling director of the Irish Press
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- George Townshend, writer, former clergyman and Bahá'í (d. George Townshend (1876-1957 was born in Ireland and was a well known writer clergyman before his conversion to the Bahá'í Faith in which he became a Hand The Bahá'í Faith is a Religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind 1957). Events January 1 - Seán South and Fergal O'Hanlon are killed in an IRA attack on an RUC barracks in Brookeborough
- Frederick James Walker, motor cycle racer, killed at 1914 Isle of Man TT races (d. Frederick James Walker ( 1876 - 19 May 1914) Kingstown, Co Dublin, Ireland an Irish Motorcycle racer who competed The 1914 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the last held before the outbreak of the First World War. 1914). Events 17 January - Edward Carson inspects a parade of the East Belfast Regiment of the Ulster Volunteer Force.
Deaths
- 15 February - Daniel Pollen, politician, ninth Premier of New Zealand (b. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Daniel Pollen ( June 2, 1813 - February 15, 1876) was the son of Hugh Pollen and Elizabeth née O'Neill, and became The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's Head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in 1813). Events Births 3 February - Thomas Mellon, Entrepreneur, Lawyer, and Judge founder of Mellon Bank
- 7 May - Joseph Philip Ronayne, civil engineer (b. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Joseph Philip Ronayne (1822–1876 civil engineer Ronayne youngest son of Edmond Ronayne a glass-maker of Cork, was born at Cork in 1822 1822). Events 21 September HMS Confiance was wrecked between Mizen Head and Three Castles Head
- 16 June - Sir Henry Thomas, police magistrate in London (b. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Sir Henry Thomas (1807–1876 police magistrate Thomas eldest son of David Henry of St London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. 1807). Events Births 7 March - John McCaul, Educator, Theologian, and the second president of the University of Toronto
- 25 June - Myles Keogh, officer in American Civil War, later in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment, killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (b. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Myles Walter Keogh ( March 25, 1840 &ndash June 25, 1876) was an Irish soldier who was also an American Civil War Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of the Little Bighorn &mdashalso known as Custer's Last Stand, and in the parlance of the relevant Native Americans, the Battle of the Greasy Grass 1840). Events The Palm House in Belfast Botanic Gardens is completed
- 14 July - James Henry, physician, classical scholar and poet (b. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. James Henry ( 13 December 1798 - 14 July 1876) was an Irish Classical scholar and Poet. 1798). See also 1797 in Ireland, other events of 1798, 1799 in Ireland ------> Events March - Great Britain 's Irish militia
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- William Wilde, surgeon, author and father of Oscar Wilde (b. Sir William Robert Wills Wilde MD, FRCSI, (March 1815&ndash April 19, 1876) was an Irish eye and ear Surgeon, as well as Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of 1815). Events Births 11 June - Hans Crocker, lawyer and Wisconsin politician (d
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