Events from the year 1885 in Ireland.
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
- ;International
- :28 February England 4âÂÂ0 Ireland (in Manchester)
- :14 March Scotland 8âÂÂ2 Ireland (in Glasgow)
- :11 April Ireland 2âÂÂ8 Wales (in Belfast)
Births
- 12 January â Thomas Ashe, took part in the Easter Rising, died following forcible feeding while on hunger strike (died 1917).
- 12 January â Maire O'Neill, actress (died 1952).
- 18 January â George Meldon, cricketer (died 1951).
- 19 January â Joseph Connolly, Fianna Fáil politician (died 1961).
- 8 February â Frederick William Hall, soldier, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres in Belgium (died 1915).
- 27 February â Bethel Solomons, obstetrician and rugby player (died 1965).
- 28 February â Robert Quigg, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme (died 1955).
- 1 May â Michael Staines, Sinn Féin TD, member of 1st Dáil, first Commissioner of the Garda SÃÂochána (died 1955).
- 25 May â Gerald Boland, founder-member of Fianna Fáil, served as Minister for Posts & Telegraphs, Minister for Lands and Minister for Justice (died 1973).
- 30 May â Thomas Hughes, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at Guillemont, France (died 1942).
- 9 June â William Coffey, cricketer.
- 24 September â Shane Leslie, diplomat and writer (died 1971).
- 10 October â Patrick Hogan, Labour Party, TD, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil ÃÂireann (died 1969).
- 25 December â Jimmy Gardner, boxer (died 1964).
- ;Full date unknown
- :*Charles Campbell, 2nd Baron Glenavy, peer (died 1963).
- :*C. Morton Horne, musical comedy performer (killed in action 1916).
Deaths
See also
References