1911 in Ireland - Events

Events

• 5 January - Protestant church leaders condemn the Ne Temere Papal decree on mixed marriages.
• 2 April - The national census is taken.
• 27 May - The first issue of the Irish Worker is published. The paper is the official organ of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (I.T.G.W.U.) and is edited by James Larkin.
• 31 May - The RMS Titanic's hull is launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. It is the largest ship afloat. Her sister RMS Olympic sails for Liverpool the same day to take up transatlantic service.
• 22 June - 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.
• 8 July - King George V and Queen Mary officially open the College of Science in Merrion Square, Dublin, as part of a six-day royal visit which will be the last to the city this century.
• 9 August - A statue of Charles Stewart Parnell is hoisted onto its pedestal in Sackville Street, Dublin.
• 17 August - 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.
• 18 August - The Parliament Act removes the House of Lords' power regarding budgets and restricts their power over other bills to a two-year suspensive veto. This makes Irish Home Rule a possibility in the future.
• 21 August - Irish Women's Suffrage Federation founded.
• 26 August - Wexford foundry workers locked out for attempting to join the I.T.G.W.U. The lockout continues until February 1912.
• 23 September - 70,000 unionists and Orangemen march from Belfast to Craigavon House to protest against Home Rule.
• 1 October - The monument to Parnell is officially unveiled in Upper Sackville Street.