1901 in Ireland

← 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1901 in Ireland → 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	1901 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1901 List of years in Ireland

Events

• 1 January — The centenary of the Act of Union is celebrated by British forces in Ireland.
• 3 January — Despite some opposition Drogheda Corporation votes to confer the freedom of the town on President Kruger of the Boers.
• 22 January — Queen Victoria dies in London. In Dublin theatres are closed and the blinds are drawn at the General Post Office.
• 24 January — In a state ceremony at Dublin Castle Edward VII is proclaimed King of Ireland.
• 2 February — Banks, public offices, theatres and music halls are closed in Dublin for the funeral of Queen Victoria.
• 19 February — Thomas O'Donnell, a Nationalist Member of Parliament, is stopped by the speaker from addressing the British House of Commons in Irish.
• 31 March — The Irish census is taken. The population of the entire island is 4.5 million people. Catholics outnumber Anglicans and Presbyterians by almost three to one.
• 11 July — The RMS Celtic is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. She is now the largest ship in the world and will sail between Liverpool and New York.

Sport

Football

• International

23 February Scotland 11–0 Ireland (in Glasgow)

9 March England 3–0 Ireland (in Southampton)

23 March Ireland 0–1 Wales (in Belfast)

• Irish League

Winners: Distillery

• Irish Cup

Winners: Cliftonville 1–0 Freebooters

• St Columb's Court, a team from Derry, joins the Irish Football League, but only lasts one season.

Athletics

• 5 August — Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record, of 24 ft 11¾ in. (7.61 m), in Dublin. It will remain unbeaten for 20 years and an Irish record for 89.

Births

• 11 February — Roddy Connolly, Irish Labour Party TD, Seanad member, son of James Connolly (d.1980).
• 10 May — John Desmond Bernal, scientist (d.1971).
• 5 June — Wilfred Hutton, cricketer (d.1978).
• 7 June — Anthony Barry,9 September, businessman, Fine Gael TD, Seanad member and Lord Mayor of Cork (d.1983).
• 8 June — John O'Sullivan, Fine Gael TD and Senator (d.1990).
• 12 June — Jimmy Elwood, footballer (d.1936).
• 18 June — Denis Johnston, dramatist (d.1984).
• 5 July — Matt Goff, Kildare Gaelic footballer (d.1956).
• 17 July — Patrick Smith, TD and Cabinet Minister (d.1982).
• 6 October — Todd Andrews, Irish revolutionary and public servant (d.1985).
• 7 November — Norah McGuinness, artist (d.1980).
• 21 November — Finlay Jackson, cricketer and rugby player (d.1941).
• 26 December — Gustavus Kelly, cricketer (d.1980).
• Seán Clancy,23 December, veteran of the Irish War of Independence (d.2006)

Deaths

• 8 January — John Barry, soldier, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Monument Hill, South Africa (b.1873).
• 22 January — Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland (born 1819).
• 14 March — Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran, Anglo-Irish peer and diplomat (b.1839).
• 8 April — Edward Ernest Bowen, schoolmaster (b.1836).
• 28 April — James Stephens, founding member of the Fenian Brotherhood movement (b.1824).
• 1 July — James M. Bell, United States Army soldier, awarded the Medal of Honor in 1876 during the Indian Wars (b.1845).
• 20 August — James Owens, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1854 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea (b.1829).
• 8 September — Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, jurist, politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (b.1826).
• 16 November — William George Nicholas Manley, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1864 near Tauranga, New Zealand (b.1831).
• 4 December — William MacCormac, surgeon (b.1836).