1873 in Ireland
Events from the year 1873 in Ireland .
Events
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(July 2010 )
Sport
Births
9 January – John Flanagan , three-time Olympic gold medalist in the hammer throw (died 1938 ).
17 January – T. C. Murray , dramatist (died 1959 ).
27 January – Alexander Young , soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Ruiterskraal, South Africa, killed in action (died 1916 ).
1 February – John Barry , soldier, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Monument Hill, South Africa (died 1901 ).
20 March – Cecil Lowry-Corry, 6th Earl Belmore , High Sheriff and councillor (died 1949 ).
29 March (bapt.) – Peig Sayers (Máiréad Sayers), seanchaí (traditional storyteller) (died 1958 ).
30 March – William Lyle , 1940s Member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Queen's University of Belfast (died 1949 )
19 April – Thomas Crean , recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Tygerkloof Spruit, South Africa (died 1923 ).
5 May – Lucius Gwynn , cricketer (died 1902 ).
18 May – J. B. Fagan , actor-manager (died 1933 in Hollywood )
28 May – D. D. Sheehan , journalist, barrister, author, Irish Parliamentary Party MP, one of four MP's to serve in 16th (Irish) Division in World War I (died 1948 ).
3 June – Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet , barrister, member of Seanad (died 1956 ).
14 June – William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse , soldier (died 1918 ).
22 July James Cousins , poet and writer (died 1956 ).
6 August – James O'Mara , Irish Parliamentary Party and Sinn Féin MP (died 1948 ).
2 September – James Duhig , Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane (died 1965 ).
26 September – Annie M. P. Smithson , nurse, novelist, poet and Nationalist (died 1948 ).
30 October – Dave Gallaher , rugby player for New Zealand, killed at the Battle of Passchendaele (died 1917 ).
26 November – Tom Sharkey , boxer (died 1953 ).
5 December – William Crozier , cricketer (died 1916 ).
9 December – James McCombs , politician in New Zealand (died 1933 ).
12 December – Lola Ridge , anarchist poet and editor (died 1941 ).
Deaths
Early – Master McGrath , greyhound (born 1866 ).
7 February – Sheridan Le Fanu , novelist (born 1814 ).
20 February – James Haughton , social reformer and temperance activist (born 1795 ).
28 March – John Watts , military officer, architect in Australia (born 1786 ).
30 March – Richard Church , soldier, military officer and general in the Greek Army (born 1784 ).
8 April – Charles Irwin , soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow , India (born 1824 ).
See also
References
^ a b Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History . Cork: Mercier Press. p. 77.
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