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List of events
Events from the year 1887 in Ireland .
Dublin in 1887
Events
29 January – the
Dublin newspaper
The Union is founded. The
Unionist newspaper's goals are stated in its first edition as "A Journal devoted to the maintenance of the
Union in the
three kingdoms ."
Richard Moynan begins as a political illustrator with the paper in April.
7 March – 18 April:
The Times publishes a series of articles on "Parnellism and Crime" quoting letters implicating
Charles Stewart Parnell of involvement in illegal activities, in particular, support for the 1882
Phoenix Park Murders . A special commission, known as the "
Parnell Commission ", is proposed to investigate the allegations, as well as investigate links between the
Home Rule party and the
Fenians , eventually (in 1890) proving the letters forgeries written by
Richard Pigott .
[1]
29 March – the
Irish Crimes Act of 1887 is introduced by
Arthur Balfour in response to the
boycott of certain landlords by their tenants (led by the
National Land League ), suspending the right to trial of people suspected of involvement in the boycott. The Crimes Act is passed in September, despite protests from
Liberal and
Home Rule
Members of Parliament , and will continue in force until 1890.
19 April –
W. E. Gladstone ,
Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom) , delivers his speech on the '
Irish question '.
30 April –
Michael Logue
translated from
Raphoe as
coadjutor archbishop of
Armagh ; on the death of
Daniel McGettigan on 3 December he succeeds as
Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Armagh and
Primate of All Ireland , the office which he will hold until his death in
1924 .
2 May – the
narrow gauge
Clogher Valley Railway officially opens in
County Tyrone .
[2]
[3]
26 June – the highest temperature ever recorded in
Ireland , 33.3C (91.9F) at
Kilkenny Castle .
[4]
16 August – opening of an industrial fishing school for boys at
Baltimore, County Cork , founded by the parish priest Father Charles Davis and sponsored by English heiress and philanthropist
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts .
[5]
9 September –
Mitchelstown Massacre : Three men killed by the
Royal Irish Constabulary at a
Land League demonstration.
[6]
13 November –
Bloody Sunday : Police in
London clash with radical and
Irish nationalist protesters.
Royal Irish Constabulary attack a
Land League march in
Kiltimagh ,
County Mayo .
Arthur Balfour becomes
Chief Secretary later enacting the policy of "killing
Home Rule with kindness ".
Balfour's
Land Law Act , an extension of the
Ashbourne Act of 1885 , is passed by the
Parliament of the United Kingdom .
The period of rent set by the
Land Court is reduced to three years.
The
Plan of Campaign starts its first phase as
tenant farmers begin withholding rent from landlords.
69,084 emigrate from Ireland to the United States, according to census records.
Newtownbrowne School is opened in
Kiltimagh , County Mayo.
Construction of
Ballymena Castle by
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair , the Adair family residence in
Demesne , is completed.
George Roe & Company Distillers becomes the largest
distillery in Europe.
Edward Carson is appointed as counsel to the
Attorney-General for Ireland .
[6]
John Boyd Dunlop develops the first practical
pneumatic tyre in
Belfast .
Arts and literature
The
Romanesque doorway, only surviving portion of the original (late 12th century)
Cathedral Church of St. Flannan, Killaloe in
County Clare , is restored.
William Ewart Gladstone publishes
Handbook of Home Rule .
Michael Davitt publishes
Revival of the Irish Woollen Industry: Brief Historical Record: How England Endeavoured to Destroy Irish Manufacture: How Irish Leaders Propose to Accomplish its Revival
William Lecky 's
A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century is published.
Alex G. Richey 's
A Short History of the Irish People, Down to the Date of the Plantation of Ulster is published.
Margaret Stokes publishes
Early Christian Art in Ireland .
Lady Wilde publishes
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland, with Sketches of the Irish Past (later appended to
The Ancient Race of Ireland )
Sir
Samuel Ferguson 's
Ogham Inscriptions in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland is published posthumously.
Charles Villiers Stanford 's Third Symphony, in F minor, the Irish , is first performed.
Sport
Athletics
International
5 February England 7–0 Ireland (in
Sheffield )
[7]
19 February Scotland 4–1 Ireland (in
Glasgow )
[7]
13 March Ireland 4–1 Wales (in
Belfast ). 16th international game and first win.
[7]
Gaelic Games
Births
8 March –
Patrick O'Connell , soccer player and manager (died
1959 ).
27 April –
Harry Boland ,
Irish Volunteer in
Easter Rising ,
Sinn Féin MP (shot by members of the
Free State National Army
1922 ).
1 May –
Alan Cunningham , soldier noted for victories in the
East African Campaign during
World War II (died
1983 ).
4 May –
Ernest Deane , military doctor and Ireland rugby player (killed in action during World War I
1915 ).
6 May –
Michael Browne ,
Master General of the
Dominicans ,
Cardinal (died
1971 ).
7 May –
Benjamin Glazer ,
Academy Award -winning screen writer,
producer and
director (died
1956 ).
18 May –
Richard Wyndham-Quin, 6th Earl of Dunraven , peer (died
1965 ).
24 May –
Edward Mannock ,
First World War
flying ace and
posthumous recipient of the
Victoria Cross (killed in action
1918 ).
19 August –
Francis Ledwidge , poet (killed in action during World War I
1917 ).
27 August –
Carmel Snow , journalist and editor of the American edition of
Harper's Bazaar from 1934 to 1958 (died
1961 ).
8 October –
Padraig O'Keeffe , fiddle player (died
1963 ).
13 October –
Tommy Henderson ,
Ulster
independent
Unionist politician (died
1970 ).
6 November –
Edward McLysaght , genealogist and writer (died
1986 ).
11 November – Canon
John M. Hayes , priest and
Muintir na Tíre founder.
18 November –
Joseph Brennan , civil servant and
Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (died
1963 ).
21 November –
Joseph Mary Plunkett , nationalist, poet, journalist and a leader of the
Easter Rising (executed
1916 ).
21 December –
J. J. "Ginger" O'Connell , officer in the
Irish Volunteers and
Irish Defence Forces (died
1944 ).
Deaths
18 January –
Martin Haverty , journalist and historian (born
1809 ).
17 February –
William Dowling , soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at
Lucknow , India (born
1825 ).
16 April –
John McCaul ,
educator ,
theologian , and second president of the
University of Toronto (born
1807 ).
30 April –
Edward Hardman , geologist (born
1845 ).
25 August
15 September –
Richard Quain ,
anatomist and
surgeon (born
1800 ).
22 November –
Ulick Bourke , scholar and writer, founder of the
Gaelic Union (born
1829 ).
4 December –
Mary Frances Clarke , founder of the
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (born
1803 ).
Full date unknown – Rev.
William Anderson O'Connor , theologian.
See also
References
^
Moody, T. W. (1968). "The Times versus Parnell and Co., 1887–90". In Moody, T. W. (ed.). Historical Studies: papers read before the Irish Conference of Historians VI , Dublin, 2–5 June 1965 . London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 147–82.
ISBN
0-7100-6040-8 .
^ Ferris, Tom (1993). The Irish Narrow Gauge: a pictorial history, Volume 2, The Ulster Lines . Leicester: Midland Publishing.
ISBN
1-85780-017-6 .
^ Patterson, Edward M. (1972). The Clogher Valley Railway . Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 57.
ISBN
0-7153-5604-6 .
^
"Temperature in Ireland" .
Met Éireann . Archived from
the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2013-03-20 .
^
Healey, Edna (2004). "Coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett–, suo jure Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906)".
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press.
^
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b Stewart, A. T. Q. (1981). Edward Carson . Gill's Irish Lives. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.
ISBN
0-7171-1075-3 .
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b
c Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts . Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 151.
ISBN
0-86281-874-5 .
^
Coogan, Tim Pat (2002). Wherever Green Is Worn: The Story of the Irish Diaspora . Palgrave Macmillan. p. 250.
ISBN
978-1-4039-6014-6 .
^ Wagg, Stephen (2002). British Football and Social Exclusion . Routledge. p. 196.
ISBN
978-0-7146-5217-7 .