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. * 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 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. * 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. * 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. * 19–27 July – Edward VII made his first visit to Ireland as monarch, 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. *; Undated ** Independent Orange Order, Independent Orange Institution was formed, as a breakaway from the Orange Institution. ** 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 , took place. ** 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. * 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. * 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. * W. B. Yeats's poetry collection ''In the Seven Woods, being poems of the Irish heroic age'' was published by his sister's Dun Emer Press; he also published his essays ''Ideas of Good and Evil''. * County Cork-born Chicago chief of police Francis O'Neill's collection ''O'Neill's Music of Ireland'' was published.

Sport

Association football

*; International *: 14 February – England 4–0 Ireland (in Wolverhampton) *: 21 March – Scotland 0–2 Ireland (in Glasgow) *: 28 March – Ireland 2–0 Wales (in Belfast) *; 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.

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). * 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). *; Undated ** 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, 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).

References

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