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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 ...
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.
2020 - NI Assembly at Stormont re-convenes on 11 January. [131] Northern Ireland is put under lock down on 16 March during the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2021 – Riots break out in the Shankill and Springfield Road areas of Belfast and elsewhere. [140] [141] 2022 – The Europa Hotel is evacuated after a fire breaks out. [142]
This is a timeline of country and capital changes around the world between 1900 and 1999. It includes dates of declarations of independence, changes in country name, changes of capital city or name, and changes in territory such as the annexation, cession, concession, occupation, or secession of land.
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.
A series of conferences, Reflecting on a decade of War and Revolution in Ireland 1912–1923 was organised by Universities Ireland starting in June 2012. [ 34 ] Century Ireland is a website launched in May 2013 to track events as their centenaries pass, using both period documents and modern commentary.