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EVENTS

January 5 - Protestant church leaders condemn the Ne Temere Papal decree on mixed marriages.

February 11 - Ireland beats England by one try to nil at the first Rugby international of the season at Lansdowne Road .

May 31 - The RMS ''Titanic's'' hull is launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast . It was the largest steamship afloat.

June 22 - As King George V is crowned in London a Sinn Féin meeting at the Customs House in Dublin condemns Irish participation in the coronation ceremonies.

July 8 - King George V and Queen Mary officially open the College of Science in Merrion Square, Dublin .

August 9 - A statue of Charles Stewart Parnell is hoisted onto its pedestal in Sackville Street.

August 17 - Dublin County Council votes in favour of using Greenwich Mean Time . The councillors hear that Irish time, being 25 minutes behind Greenwich, is a great handicap for trade.

August 18 - The Parliament Act removes the House Of Lords 's power regarding budgets and restricts their power over other bills to a two-year suspensive veto. This Act made Home Rule a possibility in the future.

September 23 - 70,000 Unionists and Orangemen march from Belfast to Craigavon House to protest against Home Rule.

October 1 - The monument to Charles Stewart Parnell is officially unveiled in Upper Sackville Street.

ARTS AND LITERATURE

SPORTS

Unknown Date - Westport United Football Club, one of Ireland's most famous junior soccer clubs, was founded.

BIRTHS

February 12 - Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh , fifth President Of Ireland .

May 17 - Maureen O'Sullivan , actress.

October 5 - Brian O'Nolan , satirist and humourist.

DEATHS