1894
William Earle Moley Molesworth, WWI Ace, is born
Ireland
William Molesworth was the son of Colonel Molesworth, C.I.E., C.B.E., of the Indian Army Medical Service. He attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire, England from 1908 to 1912 …
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Ireland
1894
Ireland collects its first ever Triple Crown, defeating Wales in Belfast
Ireland
The first use cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is from Whitaker’s Almanack, 1900 (referring to the 1899 tournament): “In their last match at Cardiff against …
1895
Denny Lane, Young Irelander, author and poet, died
Ireland
Denny Lane (4 December 1818 – 29 November 1895) was an Irish businessman and nationalist public figure in Cork city, and in his youth a Young Irelander Denny Lane, a prominent …
1895
Daniel Owen considered the greatest Welsh language novelist died.
Ireland
Daniel Owen was born in Mold, the youngest of six children. When he was a young baby his father and two of his brothers were drowned in an accident at the Argoed colliery, and Owen …
1895
John Charles McQuaid, born
Ireland
John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. (28 July 1895 – 7 April 1973), was the Catholic Primate of Ireland and Archbishop of Dublin between December 1940 and January 1972. He was known for …
1895
Oscar Wilde is sentenced to two years imprisonment for offences “against public decency”
Ireland
Oscar Wilde is sentenced to two years imprisonment for offences “against public decency”. This May 25, 1895 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1895
The trial of Oscar Wilde for homosexuality, then a crime, begins at the Old Bailey
Ireland
The trial of Oscar Wilde for homosexuality, then a crime, begins at the Old Bailey. This April 26, 1895 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1895
Soprano Dame Isabella Baillie, opera star, born in Hawick
Ireland
Dame Isobel Baillie, DBE (9 March 1895 – 24 September 1983), née Isabella Douglas Baillie, was a Scottish soprano. She made a local success in Manchester, where she was brought up, …
1896
Isabella Maria Susan Tod, suffragette, died in Belfast
Ireland
Isabella Maria Susan Tod (18 May 1836 – 8 December 1896) was born in Edinburh, was a Scottish-born campaigner for women’s civil and political equality, active in the north of …
1896
Lady Mary Heath, pioneer aviator and athlete, is born
Ireland
Mary, Lady Heath (17 November 1896 – 9 May 1939) was an Irish aviator and began life as Sophie Catherine Theresa Mary Peirce-Evans in Knockaderry, County Limerick, near the town of …
1896
Birth of Liam OFlaherty
Ireland
Birth of Liam OFlaherty. This August 28, 1896 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1896
Archibald Joseph Cronin, born
Ireland
Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981), known as A. J. Cronin, was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is The Citadel (1937), about a Scottish …