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Events in the year1912 in Ireland.

• 8 February – The First Lord of the AdmiraltyWinston Churchill addressed a pro-Home Rule meeting inBelfast despite Ulster Unionist attempts to prevent him speaking. He shared the platform withJohn Redmond, the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party.

• 31 March – John Redmond,Eoin MacNeill,Patrick Pearse,Tim Healy and others addressed amonster meeting of 200,000 people in favour of Home Rule at theGeneral Post Office, Dublin.^[1]

• 9 April – 250,000Orangemen converged on Balmoral Showground in Belfast, declaring that under no circumstances would they accept Home Rule.
• 11 April – Theprime minister of the United KingdomH. H. Asquith introduced theThird Home Rule Bill in theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom.
• 12 April – A convention ofSinn Féin delegates led byArthur Griffith opposed the Home Rule Bill.
• 14 April – TheRMS Titanic, the largest vessel in the world, built in Belfast and making her last call atQueenstown, collided with an iceberg and sank.
• 22 April – EnglishmanDenys Corbett Wilson flying aBlériot XI monoplane completed the first aeroplane crossing of theIrish Sea, flying westbound fromGoodwick in southwest Wales toEnniscorthy in southeast Ireland. The flight took 100 minutes.^[2]
• 26 April – Welsh aviatorVivian Hewitt made a westbound aeroplane crossing of the Irish Sea in 90 minutes fromHolyhead in northwest Wales toPhoenix Park in Dublin.^[2]
• 30 April – Winston Churchill moved the second reading of the Home Rule Bill atWestminster.

• 9 May – The second reading of the Home Rule Bill was accepted in theBritish House of Commons. AUnionist amendment rejecting the Bill was defeated.
• 10 May – At theRoyal Albert Hall inLondon,Bonar Law spoke of Conservative opposition to the Home Rule Bill. ElsewhereEdward Carson also voiced his opposition.

• 1 July – A serious outbreak offoot and mouth disease occurred in CountiesDublin,Meath,Kildare andWicklow.
• July –Prime Minister of the United KingdomH. H. Asquith travelled to Dublin (the firstsitting Prime Minister to do so in over a century;Gladstone had visited Dublin in November 1877 whilst out of office, whilstArthur Balfour had beenChief Secretary for Ireland) to make a speech, criticising Unionist demands.
• 17 July - "A hatchet (around which a text reading 'This symbol of the extinction of the Liberal Party for evermore' was wrapped) was thrown [by asuffragette] at [Asquith's] moving carriage as it passed over O’Connell Bridge", strikingJohn Redmond on the arm.^[3]
• 18 July –Suffragettes attempted an arson attack on theTheatre Royal, Dublin, during Asquith's visit.^[4]
• 27 July – theBlenheim Unionist rally:Bonar Law, leader of the BritishConservative Party in opposition, made a defiant speech at a massive Unionist rally atBlenheim Palace against Home Rule, implying support for armed resistance to it in Ulster.

• 28 September – 'Ulster Day' – theUlster Covenant to resist Home Rule was signed by almost 250,000 men throughoutUlster; 229,000 women signed a parallel declaration.

• 23 October – Large numbers of cattle were slaughtered inMullingar due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the area.

• Thegolden eagle became extinct in Ireland (prior to reintroduction).^{[citation needed]}

• 11 April –Lennox Robinson's playPatriots was first performed, at theAbbey Theatre in Dublin.
• 20 April –Bram Stoker, author ofDracula and theatrical manager, died in London.
• November –Lord Dunsany's short story collectionThe Book of Wonder was published.

• Peadar Kearney andPatrick Heeney'sA Soldier's Song (which later becameAmhrán na bhFiann, the Irish national anthem) was first published inIrish Freedom byBulmer Hobson.^[5]
• Eleanor Hull publishedThe Poem-Book of the Gael: translations from Irish Gaelic poetry into English prose and verse and first versified the traditional Irish hymnBe Thou My Vision in English.
• Forrest Reid'scoming-of-age novelFollowing Darkness was published.
• James Stephens' novelThe Crock of Gold was published.
• The popular song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" was written and published in the United States for the showThe Isle O' Dreams.

• International

  10 February – Ireland 1–6 England (in Dublin).^[6]

  6 March – Ireland 1–4 Scotland (in Belfast)–^[6]

  13 April – Wales 2–3 Ireland (inCardiff)^[6]

• Irish League

  Winners:Glentoran F.C.

• Irish Cup

  Winners:Linfield F.C. (last club remaining after several others withdrew)

• Bohemian F.C. were re-admitted to theIrish Football League after resigning the previous year.Tritonville F.C., another Dublin team, joined the League, but lasted just one season.

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1912 Winners: Louth
• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1912 Winners: Kilkenny

• Ken McArthur, born inDervock,County Antrim, won the marathon race for South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

• 8 January –James Brophy, cricketer (died 1994).
• 5 February –Desmond Surfleet, cricketer (died 2006).
• 14 February –Joseph Brennan,Fianna Fáil partyTeachta Dála (TD), Cabinet minister andCeann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (died 1980).
• 22 March –Wilfrid Brambell, actor (died 1985).
• 12 April –Gerald Goldberg, lawyer, Fianna Fáil party politician and first JewishLord Mayor of Cork (died 2003).
• 27 April –Tommy Breen, international association football player (died 1988).
• 29 April –Terence de Vere White, lawyer, novelist, and biographer (died 1994).
• 9 June –Patrick Mulligan,Bishop of Clogher 1970–1979 (died 1990).
• 12 July –Mick Mackey,Limerick hurler and first recipient of theAll-Time All Star Award (hurling) (died 1982).
• 26 July –Niall Sheridan, poet, fiction writer and broadcaster (died 1998).
• 9 August –Alex Stevenson, association football player (died 1985).
• 18 September –Denis Farrelly,Fine Gael party TD andsenator (died 1974).
• 12 November –Donagh MacDonagh, writer and judge (died 1968).
• 1 December –Micheál Cranitch, Fianna Fáil party politician,Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann in 1973 (died 1999).
• 25 December –Mícheál Ó Móráin, Fianna Fáil party TD and Cabinet minister (died 1983).

  Date unknown

  • Brendan Menton Snr, association football administrator and president of theFootball Association of Ireland (died 2002).
  • Denis O'Conor Don, hereditary chief of theO'Conor Donsept (died 2000).
  • Tommy Potts, fiddle player (died 1988).
  • Jimmy Warnock, boxer (died 1987).

• 30 January –John Philip Nolan, soldier, landowner, and politician (born 1838).
• 21 February –Osborne Reynolds, engineer and prominent innovator in the understanding offluid dynamics (born 1842).
• 20 April –Bram Stoker, writer and author ofDracula (born 1847).
• 24 April –Justin McCarthy, politician, historian, and novelist (born 1830).
• 28 April –Michael Thomas Stenson, politician in Canada (born 1838).
• 19 December –Thomas Brennan, a founder and joint first secretary of theIrish National Land League (born 1853).

  Date unknown

  • Henry Allan, painter (born 1865).

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