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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 ...
Province of Ontario: A History (1927) 4 vol. with 2 vol of biographies; Lewis, Frank and Urquhart, M.C. Growth and standard of living in a pioneer economy: Upper Canada 1826–1851 Institute for Economic Research, Queen's University, 1997. McCalla, Douglas Planting the province: the economic history of Upper Canada 1784–1870 (1993).
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).
In September 1914, just as the First World War broke out, the UK Parliament finally passed the Government of Ireland Act 1914 to establish self-government for Ireland, condemned by the dissident nationalists' All-for-Ireland League party as a "partition deal". The Act was suspended for the duration of the war, expected to last only a year.
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.
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May 29 – Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,024 lives lost. June 19 – The Hillcrest mine disaster in Alberta kills 189 of 235, the worst mining disaster in Canadian history; June 29 – 1914 Ontario election: Sir James Whitney's Conservatives win a fourth consecutive majority