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← 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1908 in Ireland → 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913
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See also:	1908 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1908 List of years in Ireland

Events in the year1908 in Ireland.

• February –Republican leaderTom Clarke opened atobacconist shop inDublin under the name of T. S. Ó'Cléirigh which became a centre forIrish Republican Brotherhood activity.
• 17 February – Astatue of Queen Victoria was unveiled atLeinster House in Dublin.
• 19 April – TheGuildhall in Derry was largely destroyed by fire.^[1]
• 19 May – Work began on a monument toCharles Stewart Parnell inUpper Sackville Street, Dublin.
• 31 July – TheIrish Universities Act 1908 receivedroyal assent in theParliament of the UK. This led to the establishment of theNational University of Ireland andQueen's University of Belfast.^[2]
• 8 September –Patrick Pearse openedSt. Enda's School(Scoil Éanna) to offer a bilingual secondary education for boys at Cullenswood House inRanelagh. It later moved to the Hermitage,Rathfarnham.
• 11 November – TheIrish Women's Franchise League was formed, withHanna Sheehy-Skeffington as secretary.
• 29 December – TheIrish Transport Workers' Union was formed, withJames Larkin as general secretary.

• January –Hugh Lane founded theDublin City Gallery inHarcourt Street, the world's first to display onlymodern art.
• 1 December –Cuala Press produced its first publication,Poetry and Ireland: essays by W. B. Yeats and Lionel Johnson.^[3]
• Terence MacSwiney,T. C. Murray, Con O'Leary andDaniel Corkery founded the Cork Dramatic Society.
• John Millington Synge's only comedic play,The Tinker's Wedding, was published.
• Filson Young's novelWhen the Tides Turn was published.

• 1908 Summer Olympics (London): Ireland competed as a separate country in field hockey and polo, and won silver medals in both.

• International

  • 15 February – Ireland 1–3 England (inBelfast)^[4]
  • 14 March – Ireland 0–5 Scotland (inDublin)^[4]
  • 11 April – Wales 0–1 Ireland (inAberdare)^[4]

  Irish League

  Winners:Linfield F.C.

  Irish Cup

  Winners:Bohemian F.C. 1–1 draw; replay result 3–1Shelbourne F.C.

• The golf course atRoyal County Down Golf Club was modified byHarry Vardon, andEdward VII bestowed royal patronage on the club.

• 20 February –Florence Wycherley, independentTeachta Dála (TD) (died 1969).
• 23 February –Jim Ware,Waterford hurler (died 1983).
• 10 March –Patrick Shanahan,Fianna Fáil party TD (died 2000).
• 27 April –Patrick Shea, Permanent Secretary in theNorthern Ireland Civil Service (died 1986 in Northern Ireland).
• 5 May –Mary Elmes, humanitarian (died 2002 in France).
• 10 June –Gerard Sweetman,Fine Gael party TD and Cabinet minister (died 1970).
• 20 July –Mad Dog Coll, born Uinseann (Vincent) Ó Colla, mobhitman inNew York (killed in 1932 in the United States).
• 24 July –Roger McHugh, professor, author, and playwright (died 1987).
• 18 August –Sam English, association football player (died 1967 in Scotland).
• 26 September –Hugh Delargy,British Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) (died 1976 in Northern Ireland).
• 6 December –Con Cremin, diplomat (died 1987).

  Full date unknown

  • Frances Kelly, painter (died 2002).
  • Niall Ó Dónaill,Irish language lexicographer and writer (died 1995).
  • Mervyn Wall, novelist and dramatist (died 1997).

• 17 January –Eyre Massey Shaw, Superintendent of theLondon Metropolitan Fire Brigade (born 1830; died in England).
• 3 February –Thomas Mellon, entrepreneur, lawyer, and judge, founder ofMellon Bank (born 1813; died in the United States).
• 23 March –Frederick Falkiner, lawyer, judge and author (born 1831).
• 10 June –John F. Finerty,U.S. Representative fromIllinois (born 1846; died in the United States).
• 6 July –Thomas William Moffett, scholar, educationalist, and President ofQueen's College Galway (born 1820).
• 5 August –Caesar Litton Falkiner,Irish Unionist Party politician, barrister, writer, and historian (born 1863).
• 30 August –Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, 18thChancellor of the University of Dublin (born 1840).
• 4 November –John Pinkerton,Irish Parliamentary Party MP (born 1845).
• 15 December –Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley, British military officer and MP (born 1831).
• 19 December –Thomas Cleeve, founder ofCondensed Milk Company of Ireland, High Sheriff ofLimerick (born 1844).

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