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Events from the year1891 in Ireland.

• March – Anti-Parnellites form theIrish National Federation and win seats inSligo andCarlow.
• June –Charles Stewart Parnell marriesKitty O'Shea inSussex.
• 6 October –Charles Stewart Parnell dies. Up to 200,000 people attend the funeral of the 'Uncrowned King of Ireland.'
• The Balfour Land Act makes more funds available for land purchase and sets up theCongested Districts Board for Ireland.
• TheIrish Daily Independent newspaper is founded. It becomes theIrish Independent in 1905.
• James Stephens, founder of theIrish Republican Brotherhood, returns home to Ireland after 25 years in exile.
• Michael Davitt, standing as an anti-Parnellite candidate, is defeated byJohn Redmond in aWaterford by-election.

• April –Oscar Wilde publishesThe Picture of Dorian Gray in book form.
• October – 9-year-oldJames Joyce writes a poem in memory of Parnell later entitledEt tu, Healy which his father has printed as a broadside.^[1]
• Standish James O'Grady publishesFinn and his Companions.

• International

  7 February Ireland 7–2 Wales (inBelfast)^[2]

  7 March England 6–1 Ireland (inWolverhampton)^[2]

  March Scotland 2–1 Ireland (inGlasgow)^[2]

• Irish League

  Winners:Linfield (first ever winners)

• Irish Cup

  Winners:Linfield 4–2Ulster

• Belfast Celtic F.C. is founded.
• Derry Olympic is founded. It joins theIrish Football League the next year, but only lasts one season.

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
  • Kerry 2–3 : 1–5Wexford
• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
  • Dublin 2–1 : 1–9Cork

• 13 November –Golfing Union of Ireland established at a meeting in Belfast.
• Fortwilliam Golf Club in Belfast andLimerick Golf Club are founded.^{[citation needed]}

• 18 February –John M. O'Sullivan,Cumann na nGaedhealTD and cabinet Minister (died1948).
• 21 February –Harry Colley,Fianna FáilTD,Seanad member (died1972).
• 21 February –Seán Heuston,Fianna Éireann member, participant inEaster Rising (executed by firing squad inKilmainham Jail1916).
• 25 February –Edward Daly, participant inEaster Rising (executed by firing squad1916).
• 17 March –Emily Anderson, BritishForeign Office cryptanalyst, scholar of German and musicologist (died1962).
• 10 April –Kaye Don, racing driver (died 1981).
• 11 April –Vincent McNamara, Ireland rugby union player (killed in action onGallipoli Campaign1915).
• 16 April –Richard Saul, British Royal Air Force air vice marshal (died1965 in the United Kingdom).
• 13 May –Patrick Hogan,Sinn Féin andCumann na nGaedhealTD (died1936).
• 20 June –John A. Costello, barrister,Attorney-General,Fine GaelTD and twiceTaoiseach (died1976).
• 3 July
  • Arthur Blair-White, cricketer (died1975).
  • Bridget Dowling,Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler, Jr. (died1969 in the United States).
• 6 August –Billy Gillespie, soccer player (died1981).
• 23 October –John Caffrey, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 near La Brique, France (died1953).
• 1 November –Peter J. Ward,Sinn Féin (laterCumann na nGaedheal)TD, member1st Dáil (died1970).
• 15 November –Willie Pearse, participant inEaster Rising, brother ofPatrick Pearse (executed1916).
• 6 December –James Ryan,Fianna FáilTD Member of1st Dáil and Cabinet Minister (died1970).
• 24 December –Joseph O'Doherty,Sinn FéinMP,Fianna Fáil TD andSeanad member (died1979).

• 5 May –William Connor Magee,Anglican clergyman,Archbishop of York (born1821).
• 18 May –Thomas Grady, soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry at thesiege of Sevastopoll in theCrimean War (1854) (born1835).
• 15 June –James Patrick Mahon,Irish nationalistpolitician and internationalmercenary (born1800).
• 6 October –Charles Stewart Parnell,political leader (born1846).
• 28 November –William James Lendrim, soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry at thesiege of Sevastopoll in theCrimean War (1855) (born1830).
• 12 December –Alexander Workman, politician in Canada and mayor ofOttawa (born1798).
• 13 December –William Gorman Wills, dramatist and painter (born1828).
• Full date unknown –Augustus Nicholas Burke, artist (born1838).

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