1907 in Ireland


Events in the year 1907 in Ireland.

Events

  • 2 January – A new system of rail cars running from Dublin Amiens Street station to Howth was introduced.
  • 5 January – The first motor show under the auspices of the Irish Automobile Club opened at the Royal Dublin Society.
  • 6 January – The Sunday provisions of the new Licensing Act come into operation in Dublin and four other cities. Sunday opening hours would be from 2pm to 5pm.
  • 26 January – The first performance of J. M. Synge's play The Playboy of the Western World at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin triggered a week of rioting.
  • 4 May – The Irish International Exhibition opened in Dublin.
  • 7 May – Augustine Birrell introduced the Irish Council Bill; it was rejected by a Nationalist convention on 21 May and dropped by the government on 3 June.
  • 6 July – The Crown Jewels of Ireland, valued at £50,000, were stolen from a safe in Dublin Castle.
  • 10-11 July – King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra made a state visit to attend the Irish International Exhibition in Dublin.
  • 26 July – A large rally was held in Belfast City Hall in support of the continuing Dockers and Carters strike.
  • 4 September – An Irish Parliamentary Party meeting in the Mansion House, Dublin was disrupted by Sinn Féin who held a demonstration outside.
  • 17 October – The Marconi transatlantic wireless telegraphy service between Galway and Canada was opened. Messages were exchanged without a hitch.
  • 9 November – The Irish International Exhibition ended after six months. An estimated 2.75 million people visited it, including a large number from abroad.
  • November – Irish republican Tom Clarke returned to Ireland from the United States.

    Arts and literature

  • 26 January – Large sections of the audience booed the opening performance of J. M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World at the Abbey Theatre.
  • 28 January – Another performance of The Playboy of the Western World at the Abbey Theatre was interrupted by the audience who continued to boo, hiss and shout.
  • 4 February – In a public debate at the Abbey Theatre, the poet W. B. Yeats denied trying to suppress audience distaste during a performance of The Playboy of the Western World.
  • May – James Joyce's poems Chamber Music were published.
  • Early – Seven-year-old future author Elizabeth Bowen moved with her mother from Ireland to the south of England.
  • Publication of Padraic Colum's poems Wild Earth.
  • Peadar Kearney and Patrick Heeney wrote A Soldier's Song ; it later became Amhrán na bhFiann, the Irish national anthem.
  • Publication of County Cork-born retired Chicago chief of police Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland.

    Sport

Association football

  • ; International
  • : 16 February – England 1–0 Ireland
  • : 23 February – Ireland 2–3 Wales
  • : 16 March – Scotland 3–0 Ireland