Editing 1903 in Ireland

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Events in the year '''1903 in Ireland'''.

==Events==
* 3 January – The Norwegian ship ''Remittant'' was towed into quarantine in [[Cóbh|Queenstown]] with the entire crew suffering from [[beriberi]].
* 3 February – The proposed canonisation of [[Oliver Plunkett]] was discussed in [[Rome]].
* 26–27 February – "''Ulysses''" Storm: A windstorm passed across Ireland, uprooting 1–3,000 trees in [[Phoenix Park]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Exceptional weather events|url=http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/Feb1903_storm.pdf|publisher=Met Éireann|access-date=2023-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522194356/http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/Feb1903_storm.pdf|archive-date=2012-05-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 26 February – The [[ocean liner]] [[RMS Republic (1903)|SS ''Columbus'']] was launched by [[Harland and Wolff]] in [[Belfast]].
* 27 February – A meeting at the [[Mansion House, Dublin]], enthusiastically welcomed a movement to establish [[Saint Patrick's Day]] as a national holiday.
* 8 March – [[Charles Gavan Duffy (Australian politician)|Charles Gavan Duffy]] was buried at [[Glasnevin Cemetery]] in [[Dublin]]. He was laid to rest near others who took part in the [[Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848]].
* 9 March – The [[Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway]]'s [[Letterkenny railway station (L&LSR)|Letterkenny]] and [[Burtonport railway station|Burtonport]] Extension was opened.<ref>{{cite web|work=Railscot|title=Irish Railways|url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf|accessdate=2021-07-03}}</ref>
* 17 March – In [[Waterford]], Saint Patrick's Day was marked as a public holiday (to encourage [[Temperance movement|temperance]]).
* 26 March – The [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]], [[George Wyndham]], introduced his [[Land Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903|Irish Land Bill]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]].
* 31 March – The Lord-Lieutenant announced that [[Edward VII]] and [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] intended to visit Ireland within the coming year.<ref name=Jul03>{{cite journal|first1=Cóilín|last1=Owens|first2=How|last2=Joyce|title=July 1903: Edward VII, the Gordon Bennett Cup and the Emmet centennial|url=http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/july-1903-edward-vii-the-gordon-bennett-cup-and-the-emmet-centennial/|journal=History Ireland|location=Dublin|issue=3|date=May–June 2011|volume=19|access-date=20 January 2014}}</ref>
* 15 May – The Chief Secretary for Ireland, [[George Wyndham]], asked for support for his [[Land Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903|Irish Land Bill]].
* 23 May – Extracts from the annual report of the [[British Army]] showed that there were 35,717 Irishmen in its service.
* 9 June – [[Trinity College Dublin]] announced following a vote that it was to award degrees to women. The first women would be admitted in 1904.
* 1 July – The Belfast and Northern Counties Railway became the [[Northern Counties Committee]] of the [[Midland Railway]] of England.
* 19&ndash;27 July – [[Edward VII]] made his first visit to Ireland as monarch,<ref name=Jul03/> landing at [[Buncrana]].
* 14 August – The [[Land Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903]] was passed in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]], offering special incentives to landlords to sell their entire estates.
* 5 September – Irish painter [[Henry Jones Thaddeus]] was granted permission to paint the first portrait of [[Pope Pius X]].
* 13 November – The 2nd Battalion of The [[Royal Dublin Fusiliers]] was welcomed home after nearly 20 years of foreign service.
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** [[Independent Orange Order|Independent Orange Institution]] was formed, as a breakaway from the [[Orange Institution]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/parade/chpa2.htm|access-date=28 January 2010}}</ref>
** The [[Pigeon House generating station]] in Dublin started producing electricity.
** The withdrawal of the last British Royal Navy [[guard ship]] to be permanently stationed at [[Dún Laoghaire|Kingstown]], the cruiser {{HMS|Melampus|1890}}, took place.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Cormac F.|last=Lowth|title=Guard-Ships at Kingstown|journal=Dun Laoghaire Journal|volume=23|year=2014|pages=10–19}}</ref>
** The [[Cork International Exhibition (1902)|Cork International Exhibition]] was re-opened.

==Arts and literature==
*  January – [[An Túr Gloine]], the [[cooperative]] studio for [[stained glass]], was established by [[Sarah Purser]] in Dublin.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nicola Gordon|last=Bowe|title=The Tower of Glass: An Túr Gloine and the early 20th century stained glass revival|url=http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/towerofglass/towerofglass.htm|work=Buildingconservation.com|year=2008|access-date=16 August 2012}}</ref>
* 8 October – [[J. M. Synge]]'s play, ''[[In the Shadow of the Glen]]'', was first performed at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin.
* 7 December – The first [[Irish language]] opera, ''[[Muirgheis]]'', with music by [[Thomas O'Brien Butler]] and libretto by Thadgh O'Donoghue was first performed at the [[Theatre Royal, Dublin]].
* [[Padraic Colum]]'s ''Broken Soil'' was performed by [[W. G. Fay's Irish National Dramatic Company]].<ref>{{cite book|first=W. G.|last=Fay|title=The Fays of the Abbey Theatre|location=London|publisher=Rich & Cowan|year=1935|page=114}}</ref>
* [[George Moore (novelist)|George Moore]]'s short stories ''The Untilled Field'' were published.
* 'Æ' ([[George William Russell]])'s ''The Nuts of Knowledge, lyrical poems old and new'' was published by [[Elizabeth Yeats]]'s [[Dun Emer Press]] at [[Dundrum, Dublin]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Cox, Michael|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-860634-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm}}</ref><ref name=florida>{{cite web|url=http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/cuala/cuala.htm|title=Dun Emer & Cuala Press|publisher=[[University of Florida]]}}</ref><ref name=miller>{{cite book|first=Liam|last=Miller|title=The Dun Emer Press|location=New York|publisher=The Typophiles|year=1974}}</ref>
* [[W. B. Yeats]]'s poetry collection ''[[In the Seven Woods]], being poems of the Irish heroic age''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/#heading9 |title=A Time-Line of Poetry in English |work=Representative Poetry Online |publisher=University of Toronto |access-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305073722/http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/ |archive-date=5 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> was published by his sister's Dun Emer Press;<ref name=florida/><ref name=miller/> he also published his essays ''Ideas of Good and Evil''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mac Liammoir|first1=Michael|first2=Eavan|last2=Boland|title=W. B. Yeats and his World|location=London|publisher=Thames & Hudson|year=1971|isbn=0-500-13033-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/wbyeatshisworld00macl/page/81 81]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/wbyeatshisworld00macl/page/81}}</ref>
* [[County Cork]]-born Chicago chief of police [[Francis O'Neill]]'s collection ''O'Neill's Music of Ireland'' was published.

==Sport==
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===Association football===
*; International
*: 14 February – England 4–0 Ireland (in [[Wolverhampton]])<ref name="DH">{{cite book|last=Hayes|first=Dean|year=2006|title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts|publisher=Appletree Press|location=Belfast|pages=157–158|isbn=0-86281-874-5}}</ref>
*: 21 March – Scotland 0–2 Ireland (in [[Glasgow]])<ref name="DH"/>
*: 28 March – Ireland 2–0 Wales (in [[Belfast]])<ref name="DH"/>
*; [[Irish Football League|Irish League]]
*: Winners: [[Distillery F.C.]]
*; [[Irish Cup]]
*: Winners: [[Distillery F.C.]] 3–1 [[Bohemian F.C.]]
* Bohemian F.C. became the first Dublin team to join the [[Irish Football League]].
* [[The Oval (Belfast)|The Oval]] football stadium, home of [[Glentoran F.C.]], was rebuilt, with the pitch being turned around ninety degrees.

===Motor racing===
* 2 July – The [[Gordon Bennett Cup (auto racing)#1903 Gordon Bennett Trophy Gordon Bennett Trophy|Gordon Bennett Cup]] race was run on Irish public roads, the first international motor race in Ireland. The winner was [[Camille Jenatzy]].<ref name=Jul03/>

==Births==
* 15 January – [[Joe Stynes]], [[Irish Republicanism|Irish Republican]] and sportsman (died 1991).
* 19 January – [[Alfred Lane Beit]], British politician, art collector and philanthropist, [[Irish nationality law#Honorary|honorary Irish citizen]] (died 1994).
* 28 January – [[Kathleen Lonsdale]], X-ray crystallographer (died 1971).
* 2 February – [[Hilton Edwards]], actor, director, co–founder of [[Gate Theatre]], born in London (died 1982).
* 5 February – [[William Teeling]], author, traveller and UK politician (died 1975).
* 23 February – [[Alec Mackie (Irish footballer)|Alec Mackie]], association football player (died 1984 in Northern Ireland).
* 11 March – [[Michael Hilliard]], [[Fianna Fáil]] party [[Teachta Dála]] (TD), Cabinet minister and [[Member of the European Parliament]] (died 1982).
* 13 March – [[Joseph Blowick]] second leader of the [[Clann na Talmhan]] party, TD and Cabinet minister (died 1970).
* 5 April – [[Leo Rowsome]], teacher, player, and maker of [[uilleann pipes]] (died 1970).
* 12 April – [[Paddy Collins]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] hurler (died 1995).
* 23 May – [[Shelah Richards]], actress, director, and producer (died 1985)
* 25 May – [[Ewart Milne]], poet (died 1987).
* 8 June – [[Harry Duggan (footballer)|Harry Duggan]], association football player (died 1968).
* 17 July – [[Dinny Barry-Murphy]], Cork hurler (died 1973).
* 18 July – [[Charles Hill (cricketer)|Charles Hill]], cricketer (died 1982).
* 5 August – [[Achey Kelly]], cricketer (died 1961).
* 17 September – [[Frank O'Connor]], short story writer and memoirist (died 1966).
* 6 October – [[Ernest Walton]], physicist, 1951 [[Nobel Prize for Physics]] (died 1995).
* 23 October – [[Patrick Cogan]], Independent TD (died 1977).
* 1 November – [[Max Adrian]], actor (died 1973).
* 18 December – [[Harry Forsyth]], cricketer (died 2004).
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** [[Leo Maguire]], singer, songwriter and radio broadcaster (died 1985).
** [[Stanley Woods]], motor cycle racer, with 29 Grand Prix wins and 10 [[Isle of Man TT]] wins (died 1993).

==Deaths==
* 9 February – [[Charles Gavan Duffy (Australian politician)|Charles Gavan Duffy]], [[Irish nationalism|nationalist]] and [[Australians|Australian]] colonial politician (born 1816).
* 5 April – [[Mary Anne Sadlier]], novelist (born 1820).
* 24 April – [[Walter Osborne]], impressionist painter (born 1859).
* 27 April – [[William Travers (New Zealand politician)|William Travers]], lawyer, politician, explorer, and naturalist in New Zealand (born 1819).
* 25 July – [[John Michael Clancy]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] [[United States Representative]] from [[New York (state)|New York]] (born 1837).
* 31 August – [[Charles O'Hea]], [[Priest#Catholic & Orthodox|Catholic Priest]], [[baptised]] [[Ned Kelly]] and ministered to him before he was hanged in 1880 (born c. 1814).
* 12 September – [[Maxwell Henry Close]], geologist (born 1822).
* 22 October – [[William Edward Hartpole Lecky]], historian (born 1838).
* 24 October – [[James Adams (chaplain)]], recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] for gallantry in [[Afghanistan]] (1879) (born 1839).

==See also==
*[[1903 in Scotland]]
*[[1903 in Wales]]

==References==
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