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1879 In Ireland ,
Other Events Of 1880 ,
1881 In Ireland and the
List Of Years In Ireland .

EVENTS

2 February - Charles Stewart Parnell addresses the United States Congress .¹

March - April - General election.

27 April - Charter founding the Royal University Of Ireland .

17 May - Parnell elected chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party .

May - Irish National Land League of the United States founded.

September - November - "Boycotting" of Captain Charles Boycott .

December - Trial of Parnell and others for conspiracy begins.

ARTS AND LITERATURE

SPORT

Football

Irish Cup knock-out competition instituted on an all-Ireland basis.

BIRTHS

9 February - Thomas Kettle , writer, barrister, Nationalist politician and economist (d. 1916 ).

30 March - Seán O'Casey , dramatist and memoirist (d. 1964 ).

23 October - Una O'Connor , actress (d. 1959 ).

DEATHS

26 February - Charles William Russell , Roman Catholic clergyman and Scholar (b. 1812 ).

7 June - John Brougham , actor and dramatist (b. 1814 ).

12 September - Frederic Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown , peer (b. 1804 ).

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