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Events from the year 1873 in Ireland .
Events
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Sport
Births
9 January –
John Flanagan , three-time Olympic gold medalist in the hammer throw (died
1938 ).
17 January –
T. C. Murray , dramatist (died
1959 ).
27 January –
Alexander Young , soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Ruiterskraal, South Africa, killed in action (died
1916 ).
1 February –
John Barry , soldier, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Monument Hill, South Africa (died
1901 ).
20 March –
Cecil Lowry-Corry, 6th Earl Belmore , High Sheriff and councillor (died
1949 ).
29 March (bapt.) –
Peig Sayers (Máiréad Sayers),
seanchaí (traditional storyteller) (died
1958 ).
30 March –
William Lyle , 1940s Member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Queen's University of Belfast (died
1949 )
19 April –
Thomas Crean , recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Tygerkloof Spruit, South Africa (died
1923 ).
5 May –
Lucius Gwynn , cricketer (died
1902 ).
18 May –
J. B. Fagan , actor-manager (died 1933 in
Hollywood )
28 May –
D. D. Sheehan , journalist, barrister, author, Irish Parliamentary Party MP, one of four MP's to serve in 16th (Irish) Division in World War I (died
1948 ).
3 June –
Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet , barrister, member of Seanad (died
1956 ).
14 June –
William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse , soldier (died
1918 ).
22 July
James Cousins , poet and writer (died
1956 ).
6 August –
James O'Mara ,
Irish Parliamentary Party and
Sinn Féin
MP (died
1948 ).
2 September –
James Duhig ,
Archbishop of
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane (died
1965 ).
26 September –
Annie M. P. Smithson , nurse, novelist, poet and Nationalist (died
1948 ).
30 October –
Dave Gallaher , rugby player for New Zealand, killed at the
Battle of Passchendaele (died
1917 ).
26 November –
Tom Sharkey , boxer (died
1953 ).
5 December –
William Crozier , cricketer (died
1916 ).
9 December –
James McCombs , politician in New Zealand (died
1933 ).
12 December –
Lola Ridge ,
anarchist poet and editor (died
1941 ).
Deaths
Early –
Master McGrath ,
greyhound (born
1866 ).
7 February –
Sheridan Le Fanu , novelist (born
1814 ).
20 February –
James Haughton , social reformer and temperance activist (born
1795 ).
28 March –
John Watts , military officer, architect in Australia (born
1786 ).
30 March –
Richard Church , soldier, military officer and general in the
Greek Army (born
1784 ).
8 April –
Charles Irwin , soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at
Lucknow , India (born
1824 ).
See also
References
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b Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History . Cork: Mercier Press. p. 77.
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