Ireland

1917

Thomas Ashe dies in the Mater Hospital in Dublin from the combined effects of a hunger strike and forced feeding at Mountjoy Jail

Ireland

Thomas Ashe, a key figure in the 1916 Rising and an officer in the Irish Volunteers, dies on 25 September 1917 in the Mater Hospital, Dublin. He had been on hunger strike in …

1917

Birth of Jack Lynch, Taoiseach, in Co. Cork

Ireland

Birth of Jack Lynch, Taoiseach, in Co. Cork. This August 15, 1917 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.

1917

Francis Ledwidge, died

Ireland

Death of poet Francis Ledwidge, from Slane, Co. Meath, who is killed by a stray shell at Ypres during World War I

1917

The Irish Convention

Ireland

The Irish Convention was an assembly which sat in Dublin, Ireland from July 1917 until March 1918 to address the Irish question and other constitutional problems relating to an …

1917

Éamon de Valera wins election to Parliament

Ireland

On 10 July 1917, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Clare (the constituency which he represented until 1959) in a by-election caused by the death of the …

1917

Parliament voted by a majority of, 330 to give votes to women over, 30 for the first time.

Ireland

Parliament voted by a majority of, 330 to give votes to women over, 30 for the first time. This June 19, 1917 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.

1917

Birth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th US president, in Brookline, Mass

Ireland

Birth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th US president, in Brookline, Mass. This May 28, 1917 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.

1917

Dennis Day, of Irish parents, is born in New York, NY

Ireland

Dennis Day, of Irish parents, is born in New York, NY. This May 21, 1917 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.

1917

General French, acts on mistaken information that Sinn Féin is implicated in a pro-German plot and has most of the leaders arrested

Ireland

General Sir John French, newly appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (also known as Viceroy), orders the arrest of Sinn Féin leaders based on mistaken intelligence suggesting their …

1917

Birth of actress Valerie Hobson in Larne, Co. Antrim

Ireland

Birth of actress Valerie Hobson in Larne, Co. Antrim. This April 14, 1917 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.

1917

Yann Ber Kalloch, a great Breton poet dies in the First World War

Ireland

Yann Ber Kalloch, a great Breton poet dies in the First World War. This April 10, 1917 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.

1917

Birth of singer Josef Locke (Joe McLaughlin) in Derry

Ireland

Joseph McLaughlin (23 March 1917 – 15 October 1999), known professionally as Josef Locke, was an Irish tenor. He was successful in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1940s and …