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Events from the year 1878 in Ireland.

Events[]

  • 22 May – launch of the experimental powered submarine Holland I, designed by Irish-born John Philip Holland, at Paterson, New Jersey. Its performance impresses the American Fenian Brotherhood sufficiently to induce them to finance his continued experiments with a view to using such a machine against the British.
  • 24 August – the narrow gauge Ballymena and Larne Railway starts passenger operations in County Antrim, the first on the Irish 3 ft narrow gauge.[1][2]
  • 9 October – St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam (Church of Ireland) dedicated.[3]
  • 28 September – Intermediate Education Act passed: this will revolutionise Irish society, as it provides education to talented and hard-working boys and girls through "Exhibitions" (scholarships) worth up to $50. It particularly changes the position of women: by 1901 there will be 20,478 teachers in Ireland, 60% of them women, earning 80% of the male wage for the job.[4]
  • Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea established by Cistercian Trappist monks from Mount Melleray Abbey.
  • Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 introduces laws regarding sanitary districts.[5]

Arts and literature[]

  • The Kerry Sentinel newspaper begins publication in Tralee.
  • Oscar Wilde leaves Ireland permanently.

Sport[]

  • Irish Cycling Association (ICA) was established to administer the cycling as the sport became popular throughout Ireland. [6]

Births[]

  • 8 January – Frederic Charles Dreyer, Royal Navy Admiral (died 1956).
  • 1 February – Thomás MacDonagh, nationalist, poet, rebel and Easter Rising leader (executed 1916).
  • 14 February – Daniel Corkery, writer, teacher and Fianna Fáil Senator (died 1964).
  • 23 February – Pádraic Ó Máille, Sinn Féin MP and TD, Fianna Fáil Senator (died 1946).
  • 13 March – Patrick McCartan, Sinn Féin MP and TD, member of 1st Dáil, a founder member of Clann na Poblachta (died 1966).
  • 19 March – Michael James O'Rourke, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 at Hill 70 near Lens, France (died 1957).
  • 31 March – Jamesy Kelleher, Cork hurler (died 1943).
  • 11 April – Kathleen Clarke, née Daly, wife of Tom Clarke, Sinn Féin and later Fianna Fáil TD, Seanad member, first female Lord Mayor of Dublin (died 1972).
  • 17 April – Thomas Harvey, cricketer and rugby player (died 1966).
  • 3 June – Sinéad de Valera, née Ní Fhlannagáin, writer and wife of third President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera (died 1975).
  • 12 June – Geoffrey Taylour, 4th Marquess of Headfort, peer (died 1943).
  • 24 July – Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, writer and dramatist (died 1957).
  • 9 August – Eileen Gray, architect and designer (died 1976).
  • 15 August – Harry Corley, cricketer and rugby union international (died 1936).
  • 17 August – Oliver St. John Gogarty, physician, poet and writer (died 1957).
  • 24 August – Margaret Mary Pearse, Fianna Fáil TD and Seanad Éireann member, sister of Patrick Pearse (died 1968).
  • 28 October – Helena Concannon, Fianna Fáil politician and historian (died 1952).
  • 7 November – Margaret Cousins, née Gillespie, teacher, suffragist and Theosophist (died 1954 in India).
  • 27 November – William Orpen, painter (died 1931).
  • 23 December – Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, suffragist, pacifist and writer (murdered by British Army 1916).
  • 30 December – Dick Walsh, Kilkenny hurler (died 1958).

Deaths[]

  • 22 March – Henry MacManus, artist (born c.1810)
  • 2 April – William Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim, nobleman and landowner (born 1806).
  • 22 September – Sir Richard John Griffith, 1st Baronet, geologist (born 1784).
  • 24 October – Paul Cullen, Cardinal and Catholic Primate of Ireland (born 1803).
  • 4 December – Richard Smyth, Presbyterian minister, academic and politician (born 1826).
  • 22 December – Patrick Mylott, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 in India (born 1820).
  • Full date unknown – Charles Anderson Read, journalist, novelist and anthologist (born 1841).

References[]

  1. ^ Baker, Michael H.C. (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways: a View from the Past. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7.
  2. ^ Patterson, Edward M. (1968). The Ballymena Lines. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 64. ISBN 0-7153-4183-9.
  3. ^ "Saint Mary's Cathedral – Tuam". 2007. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  4. ^ "Irish Intermediate Education Act". Archived from the original on 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  5. ^ Haslam, Richard (2004). "Chapter 2: The origins of Irish local government". In Callanan, Mark; Keogan, Justin F. (eds.). Local government in Ireland : inside out (2nd ed.). Dublin: Institute of public administration. p. 20. ISBN 9781902448930.
  6. ^ "Sport and Community Relations in Northern Ireland".
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