Events from the year 1889 in Ireland.

1889
in
Ireland
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See also:1889 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1889
List of years in Ireland

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Arts and literature

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Sport

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Boxing

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Football

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Gaelic Games

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  • The first GAA Armagh Championship is held.
  • The hierarchy of the Catholic Church, including Archbishop Logue, condemn the GAA for its violence and demoralising influences as well as charging the association as a recruiting ground of radical nationalist organizations.
  • 24 March – The first Cavan Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) convention is held in Armagh.
  • 8 September – The Cavan Gaelic Athletic Association holds a football game between Killinkere and Crosserlough. The game is reported by The Anglo-Celt as "..More like a contest between 42 dangerous and ferocious wire haired lunatics than any competition."

Golf

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Stewart, A.T.Q. (1981). Edward Carson. Gill’s Irish Lives. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.
  2. ^ Currie, J. R. L. (1971). The Runaway Train – Armagh (1889). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5198-2.
  3. ^ Ferris, Tom (1993). The Irish Narrow Gauge, Volume 2, The Ulster Lines. Leicester: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-017-6.
  4. ^ Patterson, Edward M. (1968). The Ballymena Lines. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 94. ISBN 0-7153-4183-9.
  5. ^ "A Brief History". Portrush Lifeboat. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  6. ^ a b c Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. pp. 151–152. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.