Events in the year 1911 in Ireland.
. . . 1911 in Ireland . . .
- 5 January – Protestant church leaders condemned the Ne TemerePapal decree on mixed marriages.
- 2 April – The national population census was taken.[1]
- 16 May – The Cunard Line‘s SS Ivernia struck a rock on entering Queenstown harbour.
- 27 May – The first issue of the Irish Worker was published. The paper was the official organ of the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union (ITGWU) and was edited by James Larkin.
- 31 May – The RMS Titanic’s hull was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. It was the largest ship afloat. Her sister RMS Olympic sailed for Liverpool the same day to take up transatlantic service.
- 22 June – As George V was crowned King in London a Sinn Féin meeting at the Customs House in Dublin condemned Irish participation in the coronation ceremonies.
- 8–12 July – King George V and Queen Mary made a five-day royal visit to Dublin which was the last to the city this century. On 8 July, they officially open the College of Science in Merrion Square and on 10 July they visited St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.[2]
- 9 August – A statue of Charles Stewart Parnell was hoisted onto its pedestal in Sackville Street, Dublin.
- 17 August – Dublin County Council voted in favour of using Greenwich Mean Time. The councillors heard that Irish time, being 25 minutes behind Greenwich, was a great handicap for trade.
- 18 August – The Parliament Act removed the House of Lords‘ power regarding budgets and restricted their power over other bills to a two-year suspensive veto. This made Irish Home Rule a possibility in the future.
- 21 August – The Irish Women’s Suffrage Federation was founded.
- 26 August – Wexford foundry workers were locked out for attempting to join the ITGWU. The lockout continued until February 1912.
- 23 September – 70,000 Unionists and Orangemen marched from Belfast to Craigavon House to protest against Home Rule.
- 1 October – The monument to Parnell was officially unveiled in Upper Sackville Street, Dublin.
- Full date unknown
- A strike of women workers at Jacob’s biscuit factory in Dublin was organised by Rosie Hackett.
- The organisation Royal Arch Purple was formed, closely linked to the Orange Institution.[3]
- Bellevue Pleasure Gardens, a public park and recreational area, was opened on the slopes of Cavehill in Belfast.
. . . 1911 in Ireland . . .
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