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24 February Wales 2–0 Ireland (in Llandudno) [5] 3 March Ireland 0–2 Scotland (in Belfast) [5] 17 March Ireland 0–2 England (in Dublin: the first International match played here) [5] Irish League Winners: Belfast Celtic; Irish Cup Winners: Cliftonville 2–1 Bohemians; Derry Celtic was founded and joined the Irish Football League.
The Republic of Ireland Act abolishes the statutory functions of the British monarch in relation to Ireland and confers them on the President of Ireland. 1955: 14 December: Ireland joins the United Nations along with sixteen other sovereign states. 1969: August: Troops are deployed on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the start of the ...
1616 – Date of an early map of New France, entitled La Nouvelle France, which included much of what would become Southern Ontario. The map is attributed to Samuel de Champlain. [6] 1639 Summer – Construction begins on Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, intended as a central headquarters for the French mission in Huronia. [7]
The history of Ontario covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. The lands that make up present-day Ontario, the most populous province of Canada as of the early 21st century have been inhabited for millennia by groups of Aboriginal people, with French and British exploration and colonization commencing in the 17th century.
22 January – Queen Victoria, monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (born 1819). 14 March – Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran, Anglo-Irish peer and diplomat (born 1839). 8 April – Edward Ernest Bowen, schoolmaster (born 1836). 28 April – James Stephens, founding member of the Fenian Brotherhood movement (born 1825).
31 March – In the second reading debate in the Parliament of the United Kingdom on the Government of Ireland Bill, Unionist leader Sir Edward Carson opposed the division of Ireland, seeing it as a betrayal of Unionists in the south and west. [4] 2 April – Canadian-born lawyer Sir Hamar Greenwood was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland.
By 1900, for the first time in perhaps two millennia, Irish was no longer the majority language in Ireland, and continued to decline in importance. By the time of Irish independence, the Gaeltachts had shrunk to small areas along the western seaboard.
1855 – Grand Lodge of Canada is formed in Hamilton, Ontario (10 November 1855). The National Office of the Supreme Council 33° of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of Canada whose Grand Orient is in Hamilton, Ontario, is located adjacent to this historic Scottish Rite building. 1856 – First use of chloroform in Hamilton ...