Editing 1892 in Ireland

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Events from the year '''1892 in Ireland'''.

==Events==
*June
** [[Unionists (Ireland)|Ulster Unionists]] hold a huge convention in [[Belfast]] at which they solemnly swear that "We will not have Home Rule".<ref name="EC">{{cite book|title=Edward Carson|first=A. T. Q.|last=Stewart|series=Gill's Irish Lives|publisher=Gill & Macmillan|location=Dublin|year=1981|isbn=978-0-7171-0981-4}}</ref>
** The Knights of the Plough, a farm labourers' body, predecessor of the [[Irish Land and Labour Association]], is founded by Benjamin Pellin in [[Narraghmore]], County Kildare.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lane|first=Fintan|chapter=Benjamin Pelin, the Knights of the Plough and Social Radicalism, 1852–1934|pages=176–200|editor=Casey, Brian |title=Defying the Law of the Land: Agrarian Radicals in Irish History|publisher=History Press|location=Dublin|year=2013|isbn=978-1-8458880-1-5}}</ref>
*1 July – [[Edward Carson]] sworn in as [[Solicitor-General for Ireland]].<ref name="EC"/>
*9 July – in the General Election, [[Edward Carson]], standing as a [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]], is elected to one of two [[Trinity College Dublin]] seats.<ref name="EC"/>
*21 August – the [[Roman Catholic]] [[St. Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan]], is dedicated.
*25 November – [[Douglas Hyde]] lectures to the [[National Literary Society]] on ''The Necessity for de-anglicising the Irish People'', a precursor to the founding of the [[Gaelic League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cultural Revival|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/ashorthistory/archive/intro209.shtml|work=A Short History of Ireland|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2013-03-27}}</ref>
* The [[Belfast Labour Party]], the first [[Socialist]] Party in Ireland, is established in [[Belfast]].
* Free primary schooling and compulsory education up to the age of 14 is introduced through the [[Irish Education Act]].
* The Roman Catholic [[Ballina Cathedral]] is completed after more than sixty years.

==Arts and literature==
* The Irish Literary Society is founded by [[W. B. Yeats]], [[T. W. Rolleston]] and [[Charles Gavan Duffy (Australian politician)|Charles Gavan Duffy]] in London, and the [[National Literary Society]] by Yeats in [[Dublin]] with [[Douglas Hyde]] as its first president.<ref>{{cite book|first=W. P.|last=Ryan|title=The Irish Literary Revival|year=1894}}</ref>
*22 February – [[Oscar Wilde]] stages ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' in London.

==Sport==

===Football===
*;International
*:27 February  Wales 1–1 Ireland (in Bangor)<ref name="DH">{{cite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast|isbn=0-86281-874-5 | page=153}}</ref>
*:5 March  Ireland 0–2 England (in [[Belfast]])<ref name="DH"/>
*:19 March  Ireland 2–3 Scotland (in Belfast)<ref name="DH"/>

*;[[Irish Football League|Irish League]]
*:Winners: [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]]

*;[[Irish Cup]]
*:Winners: [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]] 7–0 [[The Black Watch F.C.|The Black Watch]]

*[[Derry Olympic F.C.|Derry Olympic]] becomes only the second non-[[Belfast]] team in the [[Irish Football League]], but only lasted one season.
*The [[Leinster Football Association]] is founded as the game's popularity is no longer confined to Ulster.
*[[The Oval (Belfast)|The Oval]] football ground in [[Belfast]] is opened as the home of [[Glentoran F.C.|Glentoran]].

===Golf===
* The first Irish Golf Championship is held.
* [[Lahinch Golf Club]] is founded.

==Births==
*1 January – [[P. J. Ruttledge]], [[Sinn Féin]], then [[Fianna Fáil]], [[Teachta Dála|TD]] and Cabinet Minister (died [[1952 in Ireland|1952]]).
*10 January – [[Leo Whelan]], painter (died [[1956 in Ireland|1956]]).
*2 February – [[Alan McKibbin]], businessman and [[Ulster Unionist Party]] MP (died [[1958 in Northern Ireland|1958]]).
*5 March – [[Tom Hales (Irish republican)|Tom Hales]], [[Irish Republican Army]] [[volunteer (Irish republican)|volunteer]] in [[Anglo-Irish War]] and [[Irish Civil War]] (died [[1966 in Ireland|1966]]).
*4 April – [[Tom Jameson]], cricketer (died [[1965 in Ireland|1965]]).
*4 May – [[Willie Hough]], [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] hurler (died [[1976 in Ireland|1976]]).
*6 May – [[Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster]], peer and gambler (died [[1976 in Ireland|1976]]).
*7 June – [[Kevin O'Higgins]], Minister for Justice (assassinated by [[Irish Republican Army]] [[1927 in Ireland|1927]]).
*15 August – [[Derrick Hall (cricketer)|Derrick Hall]], cricketer (died [[1947 in Ireland|1947]]).
*17 September – [[Seán Óg Murphy]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] hurler, [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] administrator (died [[1956 in Ireland|1956]]).
*20 September – [[Patricia Collinge]], actress and writer (died [[1974 in Ireland|1974]]).
*15 October – [[James Kempster]], cricketer (died [[1975 in Ireland|1975]]).
*14 November – [[Nora Connolly O'Brien]], political activist, daughter of [[James Connolly]] (born in Edinburgh; died [[1981 in Ireland|1981]]).
*26 November – [[Mike McTigue]], boxer, [[light heavyweight]] champion of the world 1923–1925 (died [[1966 in Ireland|1966]]).
*24 December – [[Claude Nunney]], Canadian Expeditionary Force soldier, recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] for gallantry in 1918 on the Drocourt-Queant Line, France (born in Hastings; died of wounds [[1918 in Ireland|1918]]).
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*:*[[Eamon Bulfin]], Irish republican (born in Argentina; died [[1968 in Ireland|1968]]).
*:*[[Eamon Martin (Irish republican)|Eamon Martin]], a founder of [[Fianna Éireann]] and an [[Irish Volunteers|Irish Volunteer]] fighting in the [[Easter Rising]] (died [[1971 in Ireland|1971]]).

==Deaths==
*26 January – [[Bernard Diamond (VC)|Bernard Diamond]], soldier, recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] for gallantry in 1857 at [[Bolandshahr]], India (born [[1827 in Ireland|1827]]).
*3 February – "Roaring" [[Hugh Hanna]], [[Evangelical]] preacher (born [[1821 in Ireland|1821]]).
*5 February – [[John Hogan (Missouri politician)|John Hogan]], businessman and [[United States Representative]] from [[Missouri]] (born [[1805 in Ireland|1805]]).
*29 February – [[John Lucas (VC)|John Lucas]], soldier, recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] for gallantry in 1861 in New Zealand (born [[1826 in Ireland|1826]]).
*8 May – [[James Thomson (engineer)|James Thomson]], [[engineer]] and [[physicist]] (born [[1822 in Ireland|1822]]).
*17 May – [[William Walsh (Maryland politician)|William Walsh]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Congressman]] in [[Maryland]] (born [[1828 in Ireland|1828]]).
*29 May – [[Richard Charles Mayne]], British admiral, explorer and MP (born [[1835 in Ireland|1835]]).
*31 May – [[John Kean (Canadian politician)|John Kean]], businessman and politician in [[Ontario]] (born [[1820 in Ireland|1820]]).
*2 June – [[Robert Templeton]], naturalist, artist and [[entomologist]] (born [[1802 in Ireland|1802]]).
*August – [[John Doyle (soldier)|John Doyle]], soldier at the [[Charge of the Light Brigade]] (b. c1828).
*29 October – [[William Harnett]], painter (born [[1848 in Ireland|1848]]).
*30 November – [[Fenton John Anthony Hort]], theologian and writer (born [[1828 in Ireland|1828]]).

==See also==
*[[1892 in Scotland]]
*[[1892 in Wales]]

==References==
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