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Events in the year1902 in Ireland.

• 2 January – TheSouth Irish Horse cavalry was formed as the South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry.
• 7 January –Waterford Corporation passed a motion to confer the freedom of the city onJohn Redmond.
• 8 January – The Great National Convention took place in the Round Room of theRotunda Hospital inDublin. Motions were passed regarding coercion,^{[clarification needed]} theIrish language and evicted tenants.
• 2 April – John Redmond was awarded thefreedom of the City of Dublin.
• Spring to autumn – TheCork International Exhibition (1902) was held.
• 22 May – TheWhite Star LinerSSIonic was launched byHarland and Wolff inBelfast.
• 2 June – The centenary of theCongregation of Christian Brothers was celebrated with High Mass in theHoly Name Cathedral, Chicago.
• 22 July –Thomas Croke died at the age of 78 inThurles.Roman CatholicArchbishop of Cashel since 1875, he was the first patron of theGaelic Athletic Association and a supporter of theGaelic League and theLand League.
• August – The first part of the cliff path atThe Gobbins,Islandmagee, was opened.
• 26 November –Ireland's Own magazine was launched.
• The Dunraven land conference^{[clarification needed]} started.^[1]
• The Roman CatholicSt Brendan's Cathedral, Loughrea, was completed.

• 2 April –W. B. Yeats's playCathleen Ní Houlihan was first performed in Dublin.^[2]
• Michael McCarthy'sPriests and People in Ireland was published.
• TheIrish Literary Theatre project^{[clarification needed]} ended.^[1]
• Padraic Colum's anti-enlistment play,The Saxon Shillin', was awarded a prize byCumann na nGaedheal.
• Percy French wrote the comic songAre Ye Right There Michael?
• Augusta, Lady Gregory, publishedCuchulain of Muirthemne, a retelling ofIrish mythology in English.
• Walter Osborne painted his last work,Tea in the Garden, in Dublin.

• International

  22 February – Wales 0–3 Ireland (inCardiff)^[3]

  1 March – Ireland 1–5 Scotland (in Belfast)^[3]

  22 – March Ireland 0–1 England (in Belfast)^[3]

• Irish League

  Winners:Linfield F.C.

• Irish Cup

  Winners:Linfield F.C. 5–0Distillery F.C.

• 2 January –Dan Keating, Ireland's oldest man and last surviving veteran of theIrish War of Independence (died 2007)^[4]
• 13 January –Francis Connell, cricketer (died 1983).
• 20 January –Kevin Barry,Irish Republican Army member (executed for his part in an operation resulting in the deaths of three British soldiers 1920).
• 26 February –Jim Hurley, veteran of theIrish War of Independence,Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler (died 1965).
• 25 April –Cormac Breslin,Fianna Fáil partyTeachta Dála (TD) andCeann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (died 1978).
• 29 April –Francis Stuart, writer (died 2000).
• 20 July –Jimmy Kennedy, songwriter (died 1984).
• 21 July –William Bernard Barry, politician in the United States (died 1946 in the United States).
• 16 August –Arthur Douglas, cricketer and rugby player (died 1937 in Northern Ireland).
• 4 September –Patrick Lenihan, Fianna Fáil party TD (died 1970).
• 11 September –Frank Ryan, member of theIrish Republican Army, editor ofAn Phoblacht,leftist activist and leader of Irish volunteers on theRepublican side in theSpanish Civil War (died 1944).
• 16 September –James Dillon, former leader of theFine Gael party, TD and government minister (died 1986).
• 2 October –Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester, born Viscount Mandeville, British Royal Navy officer and hereditary peer (died 1977 in England).
• 16 December –Billy King, cricketer (died 1987).
• 29 December –Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford, politician, dramatist, and poet (died 1961).
• December –Maurice Gerard Moynihan, civil servant and writer (died 1999).

  Full date unknown

  • Thekla Beere, civil servant (died 1991).
  • Frank Carney, playwright and civil servant (died 1978).
  • Maurice Gorham, journalist and broadcasting executive (died 1978).
  • Patrick MacDonogh, poet (died 1961).

• 20 January –Aubrey Thomas de Vere, poet and critic (born 1814).
• 12 February –Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, politician, diplomat, and traveller (born 1826 in Florence).
• 10 March –C. Y. O'Connor, engineer in Australia (born 1843).
• 21 April –Ethna Carbery, writer and poet (born 1866).
• 29 May –Edward Harrington,Member of Parliament (MP) forWest Kerry 1885–1892 (born c.1852)
• 20 July –John William Mackay, businessman in the United States (born 1831).
• 22 July –Thomas Croke,Roman CatholicArchbishop of Cashel and Emly, founder patron of theGaelic Athletic Association (born 1824).
• 23 December –Lucius Gwynn, cricketer (born 1873).

  Full date unknown

  • John O'Hart, genealogist (born 1824).

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