Events from the year 1880 in Ireland.
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Soccer
Births
- 3 January â Francis Browne, Jesuit priest and photographer (died 1960).
- 6 January â John McKenna, traditional flute player (died 1947 in the United States)
- 12 January â Frank Fahy, Sinn Féin MP and later TD, member of 1st Dáil, Ceann Comhairle, Fianna Fáil TD (died 1953).
- 23 January â Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran, Unionist politician (died 1950).
- 9 February â Thomas Kettle, writer, barrister, Nationalist politician and economist (killed in action 1916).
- 20 February â J. J. Walsh, Sinn Féin MP, member of 1st Dáil, a founder-member of Cumann na nGaedheal and Cabinet Minister (died 1948).
- 29 March â Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, British politician and businessman (assassinated in Cairo by the Zionist group Lehi (Stern Gang) 1944), born at Iveagh House, Dublin.
- 30 March â Seán O'Casey, dramatist and memoirist (died 1964).
- 26 April â Joseph Lynch, cricketer (died 1915).
- 6 June â W. T. Cosgrave, first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State (died 1965).
- 13 June â John Dignan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert (died 1953).
- 2 July â Mary Elizabeth Byrne, literary scholar (died 1931).
- 19 August â Augusta Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute (died 1947).
- 24 August â William Kenny, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1914 near Ypres, Belgium (died 1936).
- 23 September â ÃÂine Ceannt, born Frances Brennan, revolutionary activist and humanitarian (died 1954).
- 4 October â Sim Walton, Kilkenny hurler (died 1966).
- 23 October â Una O'Connor, actress (died 1959).
- 3 November â Edward Barrett, athlete, wrestler and hurler, Olympic medallist.
Deaths
See also
References