1911 in Ireland

Events

January 5 – Protestant church leaders condemn the Ne Temere Papal decree on mixed marriages.
February 11 – Ireland beats England by one try to nil at the first rugby international of the season at Lansdowne Road.
May 31 – The RMS Titanic's hull is launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. It was the largest steamship afloat.
June 22 – As King George V is crowned in London a Sinn Féin meeting at the Customs House in Dublin condemns Irish participation in the coronation ceremonies.
July 8 – King George V and Queen Mary officially open the College of Science in Merrion Square, Dublin.
August 9 – A statue of Charles Stewart Parnell is hoisted onto its pedesatl in Sackville Street.
August 17 – Dublin County Council votes in favour of using Greenwich Mean Time. The councillors hear that Irish time, being 25 minutes behind Greenwich, is a great handicap for trade.
August 18 – The Parliament Act removes the House of Lords's power regarding budgets and restricts their power over other bills to a two-year suspensive veto. This Act could make Home Rule a possibility in the future.
September 23 – 70,000 unionists and Orangemen march from Belfast to Craigavon House to protest against Home Rule.
October 1 – A monument to Charles Stewart Parnell is unveiled in Upper Sackville Street.