1896 in Ireland

none 1896 Events from the year 1896 in Ireland. Events February – the Broighter Gold hoard of prehistoric objects was discovered near Limavady by Tom Nicholl while ploughing. 28 March – Tom Gallaher incorporated the Gallaher tobacco business and opened the world's largest tobacco factory in Belfast. 29 March – the Royal College of St Patrick, Maynooth was granted the status of pontifical university by charter of the Holy See.Rescripts of the Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide. 16 May – the first electric tram ran on the Dublin tramways system. May – James Connolly returned from Edinburgh to Ireland as paid organiser for the Dublin Socialist Club. He founded the Irish Republican Socialist Party. 3 June – An expedition organised by the Royal Irish Academy left from Killybegs onboard the Congested Districts Board steamer Granuaile in order to study the island of Rockall. Irish naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger was onboard, who later described it in his 1937 memoir The Way That I Went.Praeger Robert Lloyd The Way That I Went: An Irishman in Ireland 1980 First published 1937 Hodges Figgis Dublin 0-900372-93-1 Robert Lloyd Praeger 44 The group attempted to land twice, but due to bad weather had to cancel. Full date unknown John Dillon assumed the leadership of the anti-Parnellite wing of the Home Rule Party. An extension was made to Arthur Balfour's Land Act. 1,500 bankrupt estates were made available for sale to tenants. Ireland's first motor vehicle laws were introduced. The first automobile appeared on the streets of Dublin. Blackwood Katie https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/1021/1539560-how-the-car-changed-dublin-city-traffic-history/ rte.ie Driving through Dublin: How the car changed the city RTÉ 2026-10-15 2025-10-21 Restoration of the Church of Ireland's Kildare Cathedral was completed. Arts and literature 20 April – first cinema show in Ireland, at Dan Lowry's Star of Erin Variety Theatre in Dublin.Patrick Robinson Film Facts Wigston Quantum Books 2007 978-1-84573-235-6 7 The lyrics of The Mountains of Mourne were written by Percy French with music adapted by Houston Collisson.De Burgh Daly Mrs 1973 Prose, Poems and Parodies of Percy French vii-xv Dublin Talbot Press 0-85452-107-0 Charles Villiers Stanford's comic opera Shamus O'Brien was first performed. Sport Cricket International February: Tim O'Brien became the first Irish captain of the England cricket team in a match won against South Africa at Port ElizabethTimothy Carew O'Brien – the first Irishman to captain England Ger Siggins 2011-08-27 http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES4/articles/000022/002241.shtml CricketEurope 2012-03-20 Football International 29 February Wales 6–1 Ireland (in Wrexham)Hayes Dean 2006 Northern Ireland International Football Facts Appletree Press Belfast 154–155 0-86281-874-5 7 March Ireland 0-2 England (in Belfast) 28 March Ireland 3-3 Scotland (in Belfast) Irish League Winners: Distillery Irish Cup Winners: Distillery 3 - 1 Glentoran Field hockey International 2 March: The Ireland women's national field hockey team defeated England 2–0 at Alexandra College in the first ever women's international field hockey match.http://www.hockey.ie/news-detail/10034968/ 125 Year Anniversary Of IHU Formation www.hockey.ie 8 September 2018 6 February 2018 28 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190328215044/https://www.hockey.ie/news-detail/10034968/ deadhttps://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/hockey/a-history-of-the-sport-on-the-island-as-hockey-ireland-celebrates-125th-anniversary-36573115.html A history of the sport on the island as Hockey Ireland celebrates 125th anniversary www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk 8 September 2018 6 February 2018https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/living-for-the-days-of-the-big-finals-alexandra-college-1.897904?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fsport%2Fliving-for-the-days-of-the-big-finals-alexandra-college-1.897904 Living for the days of the big finals Alexandra College www.irishtimes.com 8 September 2018 27 February 2008http://www.wispsports.com/womens-sport-feature-articles/womens-sports-history/history-hockey-part-2/ A History of Hockey – Part 2 www.wispsports.com 10 September 2018 17 December 2016 15 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192159/http://www.wispsports.com/womens-sport-feature-articles/womens-sports-history/history-hockey-part-2/ deadhttps://www.sportireland.ie/Media/Latest_News/2014/October/Hockey_Internationals_Set_For_Three_Rock_Rovers_Alexandra_College_.html Hockey: Internationals Set For Three Rock Rovers & Alexandra College www.sportireland.ie 10 September 2018 13 October 2014 15 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180915155245/https://www.sportireland.ie/Media/Latest_News/2014/October/Hockey_Internationals_Set_For_Three_Rock_Rovers_Alexandra_College_.html deadhttp://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2014/10/grange-road-and-milltown-to-host-scotland-series/#.W5bikvZFxy0 https://web.archive.org/web/20180915155041/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2014/10/grange-road-and-milltown-to-host-scotland-series/#.W5bikvZFxy0 dead September 15, 2018 Grange Road and Milltown to host Scotland series www.hookhockey.com 8 September 2018 13 October 2014 Tennis The Championships, Wimbledon Harold Mahony won the gentleman's singles Championship Olympic Games John Pius Boland won gold medals in the men's singles and doubles at the first modern Summer Olympics in Athens (Greece) Births 15 February – Arthur Shields, actor (died 1970). March – Martin Joseph Sheehan, soldier and Royal Air Service Observer in World War I, killed in action (died 1918). 4 April – Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet, diplomat and politician (died 1936). 24 April – F. R. Higgins, poet and theatre director (died 1941). 9 May – Austin Clarke, poet, playwright and writer (died 1974). 22 May – Cyril Fagan, astrologer (died 1970). 28 August – Liam O'Flaherty, novelist and short story writer (died 1984). 17 September – Oscar Heron, Irish World War I flying ace (died 1933). 10 November – Sophie Catherine Theresa Mary Peirce-Evans, later Mary, Lady Heath, aviator, athlete and writer (died 1939). Full date unknown Monk Gibbon, poet and author (died 1987). Fiona Plunkett, republican (died 1977). Deaths 10 January – Denis Dempsey, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1826). 3 February – Jane Wilde, poet ("Esperanza"; born 1821). 4 March – Peter Richard Kenrick, first Catholic archbishop west of the Mississippi River (born 1806). 4 May – Timothy Anglin, politician in Canada and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (born 1822). 18 May – Patrick Buckley, soldier, lawyer, statesman, and judge in New Zealand (born 1841). 8 August – William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick, peer (born 1840). 10 August – Jeremiah O'Sullivan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile (born 1842). 15 August – Patrick Duggan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert (born 1813). 22 September – Edward Selby Smyth, British General, commanded Militia of Canada from 1874 to 1880 (born 1819). 1 November – Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey, boxer (born 1862). 31 December – Leland Hone, cricketer (born 1853). Full date unknown Canon James Goodman, Irish music collector (born 1828). See also 1896 in Scotland 1896 in Wales References Category:1890s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 19th century in Ireland Ireland