Events in the year 1908 in Ireland.
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
- 1908 Summer Olympics (London): Ireland competed as a separate country in field hockey and polo, and won silver medals in both.
Association football
Golf
Births
- 20 February – Florence Wycherley, independent Teachta Dála (TD) (died 1969).
- 23 February – Jim Ware, Waterford hurler (died 1983).
- 10 March – Patrick Shanahan, Fianna Fáil party TD (died 2000).
- 27 April – Patrick Shea, Permanent Secretary in the Northern Ireland Civil Service (died 1986 in Northern Ireland).
- 5 May – Mary Elmes, humanitarian (died 2002 in France).
- 10 June – Gerard Sweetman, Fine Gael party TD and Cabinet minister (died 1970).
- 20 July – Mad Dog Coll, born Uinseann (Vincent) Ó Colla, mob hitman in New York (killed in 1932 in the United States).
- 24 July – Roger McHugh, professor, author, and playwright (died 1987).
- 18 August – Sam English, association football player (died 1967 in Scotland).
- 26 September – Hugh Delargy, British Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) (died 1976 in Northern Ireland).
- 6 December – Con Cremin, diplomat (died 1987).
- Full date unknown
Deaths
- 17 January – Eyre Massey Shaw, Superintendent of the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade (born 1830; died in England).
- 3 February – Thomas Mellon, entrepreneur, lawyer, and judge, founder of Mellon Bank (born 1813; died in the United States).
- 23 March – Frederick Falkiner, lawyer, judge and author (born 1831).
- 10 June – John F. Finerty, U.S. Representative from Illinois (born 1846; died in the United States).
- 6 July – Thomas William Moffett, scholar, educationalist, and President of Queen's College Galway (born 1820).
- 5 August – Caesar Litton Falkiner, Irish Unionist Party politician, barrister, writer, and historian (born 1863).
- 30 August – Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, 18th Chancellor of the University of Dublin (born 1840).
- 4 November – John Pinkerton, Irish Parliamentary Party MP (born 1845).
- 15 December – Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley, British military officer and MP (born 1831).
- 19 December – Thomas Cleeve, founder of Condensed Milk Company of Ireland, High Sheriff of Limerick (born 1844).
See also
References
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