1891 in Ireland

Events from the year 1891 in Ireland.

Events

March – Anti-Parnellites form the Irish National Federation and win seats in Sligo and Carlow.
June – Charles Stewart Parnell marries Kitty O'Shea in Sussex.
6 October – Charles Stewart Parnell dies. Up to 200,000 people attend the funeral of the 'Uncrowned King of Ireland.'
The Balfour Land Act makes more funds available for land purchase and sets up the Congested Districts Board for Ireland.
The Irish Daily Independent newspaper is founded. It becomes the Irish Independent in 1905.
James Stephens, founder of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, returns home to Ireland after 25 years in exile.
Michael Davitt, standing as an anti-Parnellite candidate, is defeated by John Redmond in a Waterford by-election.

April – Oscar Wilde publishes The Picture of Dorian Gray in book form.
October – 9-year-old James Joyce writes a poem in memory of Parnell later entitled Et tu, Healy which his father has printed as a broadside.
Standish James O'Grady publishes Finn and his Companions.

International
:7 February Ireland 7–2 Wales
:7 March England 6–1 Ireland
:March Scotland 2–1 Ireland
;Irish League
:Winners: Linfield
;Irish Cup
:Winners: Linfield 4–2 Ulster
Belfast Celtic F.C. is founded.
Derry Olympic is founded. It joins the Irish Football League the next year, but only lasts one season.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

18 February – John M. O'Sullivan, Cumann na nGaedheal TD and cabinet Minister.
21 February – Harry Colley, Fianna Fáil TD, Seanad member.
21 February – Seán Heuston, Fianna Éireann member, participant in Easter Rising.
25 February – Edward Daly, participant in Easter Rising.
17 March – Emily Anderson, British Foreign Office cryptanalyst, scholar of German and musicologist.
10 April – Kaye Don, racing driver.
11 April – Vincent McNamara, Ireland rugby union player.
16 April – Richard Saul, British Royal Air Force air vice marshal.
13 May – Patrick Hogan, Sinn Féin and Cumann na nGaedheal TD.
20 June – John A. Costello, barrister, Attorney-General, Fine Gael TD and twice Taoiseach.
3 July
* Arthur Blair-White, cricketer.
*Bridget Dowling, Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler, Jr..
6 August – Billy Gillespie, soccer player.
23 October – John Caffrey, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 near La Brique, France.
1 November – Peter J. Ward, Sinn Féin TD, member 1st Dáil.
15 November – Willie Pearse, participant in Easter Rising, brother of Patrick Pearse.
6 December – James Ryan, Fianna Fáil TD Member of 1st Dáil and Cabinet Minister.
24 December – Joseph O'Doherty, Sinn Féin MP, Fianna Fáil TD and Seanad member.

5 May – William Connor Magee, Anglican clergyman, Archbishop of York.
18 May – Thomas Grady, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry at the siege of Sevastopoll in the Crimean War .
15 June – James Patrick Mahon, Irish nationalist politician and international mercenary.
6 October – Charles Stewart Parnell, political leader.
28 November – William James Lendrim, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry at the siege of Sevastopoll in the Crimean War .
12 December – Alexander Workman, politician in Canada and mayor of Ottawa.
13 December – William Gorman Wills, dramatist and painter.
Full date unknown – Augustus Nicholas Burke, artist.