Ireland

Last public speech of Parnell-Irish statesman at Creggs Co. Galway Ireland

The Land Purchase Act

The Land Purchase Act referred to in your description is likely the Wyndham Land Purchase Act of 1903, which was a significant piece of legislation in the history of land reform in Ireland. This act further facilitated the purchase of land by tenant farmers from their landlords and aimed to resolve long-standing issues related to land ownership in Ireland.

Wedding of Charles Stewart Parnell to Kitty O’Shea

Charles Stewart Parnell married Katherine OShea in England

The first Sherlock Holmes story by Edinburgh born author Arthur Conan Doyle was published in the Strand magazine.

Birth of John Aloysius Costello, Ireland’s third Taoiseach

A proposal for the penalty kick is accepted by the Football Association

The Proposal for the Penalty Kick is Accepted by the Football Association. The idea was the brainchild of William McCrum, a goalkeeper from Milford, Co. Armagh, and was championed by Jack Reid of the Irish Football Association. Designed to punish serious fouls near the goal, the penalty kick became a key part of modern football.

The first ever Irish musical comedy, The Irish Girl, written by Percy French and William Collisson, is staged at the Queen’s Theatre, Dublin

Edward Ned Daly, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising, is born in Limerick

John Edward Daly (25 February 1891 – 4 May 1916; Irish: Éamonn Ó Dálaigh) was commandant of Dublin’s 1st battalion of the Irish Volunteers during the Easter Rising of 1916. He was the youngest man to hold that rank and the youngest executed in the aftermath.

Dion Fortune (Violet Mary Firth) Welsh occultist born

Dion Fortune was born Violet Mary Firth at her family home on Bryn-y-Bia Road in Llandudno, North Wales on 6th December 1890 into a family of Christian Scientists.