cars - 1903 in Ireland

Contents

1 Events

2 Arts and literature

3 Sports

4 Births

5 Deaths

Events

January 3 - The Norwegian ship, Remittent, is towed into quarantine in Queenstown (Cóbh). The entire crew are suffering from beriberi.
February 3 - The proposed canonisation of Oliver Plunkett are discussed in Rome.
February 27 - A meeting at the Mansion House enthusiastically welcomes a movement to establish St. Patrick's Day as a national holigay.
March 8 - Charles Gavan Duffy is buried at Galsnevin Cemetery in Dublin. He is laid to rest near others who took part in the 1848 Rising.
March 26 - Chief Secretary Wynham introduces the Irish Land Bill in the House of Commons.
March 31 - The Lord-Lieutenant announces that King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra intend to visit Ireland within the coming year.
May 15 - The Chief Secretary for Ireland, George Wyndham, asks for support for his Irish Land Bill.
May 23 - Extracts from the annual report of the British Army shows that there are 35,717 Irishmen in the service.
June 9 - Dublin University announces that it is to award degrees to women following a vote.
August 14 - The Wyndham Land Act is passed in the House of Commons. It offers special incentives to landlords to sell their entire estates.
September 5 - Irish painter Henry Jones Thaddeus is granted permission to paint the first portrait of Pope Pius X.
November 13 - The 2nd battalion of the Dublin Fusiliers is welcomed home after nearly 20 years of foreign service.
December 22 - The well-known Irish optician, Patrick Cahill , who had the sole privilege of supplying the late Pope Leo XIII with spectacles, is to supply the present pontiff, Pope Pius X.