1909 in Ireland

Summary

Events in 1909 in Ireland.

1909
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
See also:1909 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1909
List of years in Ireland

Events edit

  • 31 October – The Royal University of Ireland was dissolved.
  • 14 December – Ernest Shackleton delivered a lecture entitled Nearest the South Pole in the large hall of the National University in Dublin.
  • 31 December – Harry Ferguson became the first person to fly an aircraft in Ireland, in a monoplane he designed and built himself.
  • The Mater Infirmorum Hospital in Belfast was officially recognised as a university teaching hospital.
  • Fieldwork for the multidisciplinary Clare Island Survey commenced under the direction of Robert Lloyd Praeger.

Arts and literature edit

Sport edit

Association football edit

Births edit

Deaths edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ellmann, Richard (1982) [1959]. James Joyce. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 303. ISBN 0-19-281465-6.
  2. ^ a b c Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
  3. ^ Dutton, David (6 April 2002). "Obituary: David Quinn". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2018.