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1858 In Ireland
Events from the year 1858 in Ireland. Events *17 March – In Dublin, James Stephens founds the revolutionary organisation which becomes known as the Irish Republican Brotherhood. * Edward Harland, at this time general manager, buys the small shipyard on Queen's Island, Belfast, from his employer Robert Hickson in conjunction with Gustav Wilhelm Wolff. *Ballinacourty lighthouse at Dungarvan harbour built. Arts and literature * First free public library in Ireland opens in Dundalk. Sport Births *11 January – Mildred Anne Butler, painter (died 1941). *13 February – James Murray Irwin, British Army doctor (died 1938). *6 March – Coslett Herbert Waddell, priest and botanist (died 1919). *11 March – Tom Clarke, republican (born in England; executed 1916). *2 May – Edith Anna Somerville, novelist (died 1949). *19 May – Mike Cleary, boxer (died 1893). *5 October – Thomas Cusack, Democrat U.S. Representative from Illinois (died 1926). *;Full date unknown *:* Anne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kings of Dublin, Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 In Ireland
Events from the year 1916 in Ireland. Events *14 February – John Redmond is re-elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Dublin. *29 February – the week-long Derry Feis opens in the city. * 21 March – a crowd attacks Sinn Féin's Tullamore headquarters; three police are injured. *20–21 April – the German-controlled cargo steamer , masquerading as , is intercepted by the Royal Navy and scuttled following an unsuccessful attempt to land arms for the Irish Volunteers in Tralee Bay. *21 April – Roger Casement and two others are arrested at Banna Strand, County Kerry, for attempting to land arms and ammunition. *22 April – Eoin MacNeill, Chief of Staff of the Irish Volunteers cancels all manoeuvres of Volunteers planned for the following day. *23 April – Easter Sunday: the military council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood meets at Liberty Hall and decides to begin the planned insurrection at noon the next day. The Proclamation of the Republic is sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously awarded by countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, most of which have established their own honours systems and no longer recommend British honours. It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command. No civilian has received the award since 1879. Since the first awards were presented by Queen Victoria in 1857, two-thirds of all awards have been personally presented by the British monarch. The investitures are usually held at Buckingham Palace. The VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to honour acts of valour during the Crimean War. Since then, the medal has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. Only 15 medals, of which 11 to members of the Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ryan (VC 1857)
John Ryan VC (1823 – 4 March 1858) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details He was about 34 years old, and a private in the 1st Madras Fusiliers (later The Royal Dublin Fusiliers), Madras Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place at the Relief of Lucknow for which he (and Peter McManus) were awarded the VC: He later achieved the rank of Sergeant and was killed in action at Cawnpore, India, on 4 March 1858. The medal His Victoria Cross is held by the National Army Museum, Chelsea, London. References Listed in order of publication year *''The Register of the Victoria Cross'' (1981, 1988 and 1997) * *''Ireland's VCs'' (Dept of Economic Development 1995) *''Monuments to Courage'' (David Harvey, 1999) *''Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients lists all recipi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 In Northern Ireland
Events during the year 1924 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents * Governor - The Duke of Abercorn * Prime Minister - James Craig Events *24 March – Ballycastle Railway closes due to financial difficulties. *24 April – No agreement is reached at the Boundary Conference in London. The Irish Boundary Commission is now set up to examine the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. *6 May – James Craig refuses to nominate a Northern Ireland representative to the Boundary Commission. *11 August – Ballycastle Railway reopens under Northern Counties Committee ownership. *14 September – First BBC broadcast from Belfast (station 2BE). *24 October – Éamon de Valera is arrested at Newry Town Hall after defying an order preventing him from speaking in Northern Ireland. Arts and literature Sport Football *International ::1 March Scotland 2 - 0 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow) ::15 March Northern Ireland 0 - 1 Wales ::22 October England 3 - 1 Northern Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Marjorie Robinson
Anne Marjorie Robinson, sometimes Annie Marjorie Robinson, (1858–1924) was a British painter who also exhibited examples of her sculptures and miniatures. Life Born in Belfast, Robinson trained as an illuminator and attended the Belfast Government School of Design. In 1907 Robinson moed to London, where she studied portraiture under Alyn Williams of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters. In London she also studied modelling. Robinson returned to Belfast in 1914. Between 1914 and 1923 she exhibited nine works at the Royal Academy, RA, in London and also exhibited works in the Belfast Museum and in the National Gallery of Ireland. She was appointed an associate of the Society of Women Artists in 1917. She also showed a score of her works at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Most of her exhibitions were with Royal Hibernian Academy and the Belfast Art Society. She attended several annual exhibitions at both, most notably the 40th Annual Exhibition of the Belfast Art Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 In Ireland
Events from the year 1926 in Ireland. Incumbents * Governor-General: Tim Healy * President of the Executive Council: W. T. Cosgrave ( CnaG) Events *1 January – Douglas Hyde officially opens the Irish Free State broadcasting service, 2RN (later RTÉ Radio 1), in Dublin. *4 January – the country's first Aeroplane Club is formed in Dublin. *19 January – the Minister for Finance, Ernest Blythe, introduces a Bill providing for the issue of silver, nickel and bronze coins for Saorstát Éireann. *21 January – the Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture meets his Free State counterpart, Patrick Hogan. The meeting paves the way for co-operation in securing better animal health for livestock. *12 February – the minister for Justice, Kevin O'Higgins, appoints a Committee on Evil Literature. *11 March – Éamon de Valera resigns as President of Sinn Féin at its Árd-Fheis when one of his proposals is defeated. *7 April – an elderly Irishwoman, Violet Gibson, shoots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria metropolitan area, Illinois, Peoria and Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois, Rockford, as well Springfield, Illinois, Springfield, its capital. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the List of U.S. states and territories by GDP, fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the List of U.S. states and territories by population, sixth-largest population, and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 25th-largest land area. Illinois has a highly diverse Economy of Illinois, economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial and agricultural productivity, agricultural hubs in the north and center, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south. Owing to its centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a wide cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.M. Philip Lucas, "Martin Van Buren as Party Leader and at Andrew Jackson's Right Hand." in ''A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents 1837–1861'' (2014): 107–129."The Democratic Party, founded in 1828, is the world's oldest political party" states Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s. The party is a big tent, and though it is often described as liberal, it is less ideologically uniform than the Republican Party (with major individuals within it frequently holding widely different political views) due to the broader list of unique voting blocs that compose it. The historical predecessor of the Democratic Party is considered to be th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cusack (politician)
Thomas Cusack (October 5, 1858 in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland – November 19, 1926 in Oak Park, Illinois) was a pioneer and entrepreneur in the outdoor advertising industry and a politician, serving as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois' 4th District from 1899 to 1901.''Illinois Political Directory'', 1899, p172 Cusack emigrated with his family from Ireland to New York City in 1861 when he was a young boy. Shortly after the move, his parents died, leaving him and his younger brother orphaned. Cusack was raised by relatives in Chicago, where he received his education and learned how to paint, a skill that ultimately made him a very wealthy man. At the age of 17, Cusack established his own sign painting business, the Thomas Cusack Company, in Chicago, Illinois, making him one of the pioneers in the field of outdoor advertising. The business soon grew to be very profitable, leasing over 100,000 billboards and advertising spaces and turning Cusack into a pros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 In Ireland
Events from the year 1893 in Ireland. Events *January – the National Labour League, a predecessor of the Irish Land and Labour Association, is founded in Kanturk, County Cork. *19 January – Michael Logue is created a cardinal, the first Archbishop of Armagh to be so elevated. *February – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom W. E. Gladstone introduces his second Home Rule Bill to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, where it is passed. The biggest opposition to Home Rule manifests itself in Ulster, particularly amongst Protestants. *26 April – Edward Carson is called to the English Bar at the Middle Temple *19 May – the neoclassical Roman Catholic St Mel's cathedral, Longford (foundation stone laid 1840 and opened for worship in 1856), is consecrated. *31 July – Douglas Hyde, Eoin MacNeill, Eugene O'Growney and Thomas O'Neill Russell establish the Gaelic League to encourage the preservation of Irish culture, with Hyde becoming its first president. *8 Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
