1897 in Ireland

none 1897 Events from the year 1897 in Ireland. Events October – Scottish evangelist William Irvine begins preaching independently, origin of the "Two by Twos" ("The Truth") Christian movement. St Kevin's Pauper Lunatic Asylum opens in Cork. The Irish Motor Car and Cycle Company is established. Arts and literature 26 May – Bram Stoker's novel Dracula is first published, in London. 13 December – The third Theatre Royal opens in Dublin. The first Feis Ceoil musical and cultural festival is organised in Dublin by Dr. Annie Patterson, Edward Martyn and Dr. George Sigerson.McGilloway Ken George Sigerson: Poet, Patriot Scientist and Scholar Belfast Ulster Historical Foundation 2011 9781903688212 George Sigerson's translated anthology Bards of the Gael and GallPreminger, Alex; Brogan, T. V. F. et al., ed. (1993). "Irish Poetry – Anthologies in English and Translations from Gaelic". In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Princeton University Press; MJF Books. p. 633. and his daughter Dora Sigerson Shorter's The Fairy Changeling, and Other Poems are published.Cox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 registration https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm Amanda McKittrick Ros publishes Irene Iddesleigh. thumb|Display in celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee on Alma Place in Coleraine Sport Football International 20 February England 6–0 Ireland (in Nottingham)Hayes Dean 2006 Northern Ireland International Football Facts Appletree Press Belfast 0-86281-874-5 155 6 March Ireland 4–3 Wales (in Belfast) 27 March Scotland 5–1 Ireland (in Glasgow) Irish League Winners: Glentoran Irish Cup Winners: Cliftonville 3–1 Sherwood Foresters Births 1 February – Eddie Doyle, Kilkenny hurler (died 1948). 15 January – Mark Killilea Snr, Fianna Fáil TD, member of the Seanad (died 1970). 1 March – Robert Bruce Bowers, cricketer (died 1956). 23 March – John Lighton Synge, mathematician and physicist (died 1995). 4 April – Francis Evans, British diplomat (died 1983). 29 April – Mainie Jellett, abstract painter (died 1944). 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 (died 1957). 10 June – Moss (Maurice) Twomey, chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (died 1978). 1 July – Tom Barry, guerrilla leader in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence (died 1980). 18 August – Enid Starkie, literary critic and biographer (died 1970). 1 September – Andy Kennedy, footballer (died 1963). 17 September – Bob Fullam, soccer player (died 1974). 26 November – Thomas Derrig, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (died 1956). 3 December – Kate O'Brien, novelist (died 1974). Full date unknown – Ed Reavy, fiddle player and songwriter (died 1988). Deaths 21 January – Anthony O'Grady Lefroy, government official in Western Australia (born 1816). 24 January – Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, novelist (born 1855). 3 March – Garrett Byrne, Irish nationalist and MP (born 1829). 19 March – Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, geographer (born 1810). 1 April – William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin (born 1828). 9 August – William R. Roberts, diplomat, Fenian Society member and United States Representative from New York (born 1830). 11 October – Charles W. Jones, lawyer and United States Senator in Florida (born 1834). 31 October – Samuel Haughton, scientific writer (born 1821). 25 November – John Coleman, United States Marine, recipient of Medal of Honor for his actions in 1871 during the Korean Expedition (born 1847). 8 December – Mary O'Connell, nurse during the American Civil War (born 1814). See also 1897 in Scotland 1897 in Wales References Category:1890s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 19th century in Ireland Ireland