1898 in Ireland explained
Events from the year 1898 in Ireland.
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
- International
19 February Wales 0–1 Ireland (in Llandudno)[3]
5 March Ireland 2–3 England (in Belfast)[3]
26 March Ireland 0–3 Scotland (in Belfast)[3]
- Irish League
Winners: Linfield
Winners: Linfield 2–0 St Columb's Hall Celtic
Births
- 6 January – James Fitzmaurice, pilot and aviation pioneer (died 1965)
- 7 February – Reginald N. Webster, businessman in America and Thoroughbred racehorse owner (died 1983)
- 13 February – Frank Aiken, Fianna Fáil TD and founding member, Cabinet Minister and Tánaiste (died 1983)
- 28 February – Hugh O'Flaherty, Catholic priest, saved about 4,000 Allied soldiers and Jews in the Vatican during World War II (died 1963)
- 18 April – Patrick Hennessy, industrialist (died 1981)
- 6 June – Ninette de Valois, founder of the Royal Ballet (died 2001)
- 4 October – Charles McCausland, cricketer (died 1965)
- 1 November – James Foley, cricketer (died 1969)
- 25 November – E. Chambré Hardman, photographer (died 1988)
- 29 November – C. S. Lewis, novelist, author of The Chronicles of Narnia (died 1963)[4]
- Full date unknown – Liam Deasy, Irish Republican Army officer in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War (died 1974)
Deaths
- 12 January – Daniel Connor, convict transported to Western Australia, businessman (born 1831)
- 25 January – Frederick Dobson Middleton, British general noted for his service particularly in the North-West Rebellion (born 1825)
- 14 February – Arthur Gwynn, cricketer and rugby player (born 1874)
- 13 March – Richard Quain, physician (born 1816)
- 17 March – John Thomas Ball, lawyer, politician and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1875–1881 (born 1815)
- 24 March – George Thomas Stokes, ecclesiastical historian (born 1843)
- 28 March – Sir John Arnott, businessman (born 1814 in Scotland)
- 1 April – Samuel Davidson, biblical scholar (born 1806)
- 11 May – Dalton McCarthy, lawyer and politician in Canada (born 1836)
- 29 June – William Knox Leet, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 at Inhlobana, Zululand, South Africa (born 1833)
- 13 August – Charles Frederick Houghton, soldier and politician in Canada (born 1839)
- 24 November – George James Allman, naturalist, Emeritus Professor of Natural History in Edinburgh (born 1812)
- 1 December – Charles Magill, member of the 1st Canadian Parliament and mayor of Hamilton (born 1816)
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Moody, T. W. . Martin, F. X. . 1967. The Course of Irish History. Mercier Press. Cork. 380–381.
- Book: Welch, Robert. Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature. Oxford University Press. 0-19-280080-9. 1996.
- Book: Hayes, Dean. 2006 . Northern Ireland International Football Facts . Appletree Press . Belfast . 155–156. 0-86281-874-5.
- Web site: C.S. Lewis Biography, Books, Mere Christianity, Narnia, & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 19 June 2023 . en.