1914 in Ireland

See also: 1913 in Ireland, other events of 1914, 1915 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• January 17 – Edward Carson inspects a parade of the East Belfast Regiment of the Ulster Volunteer Force.
• March 1 – Three outbreaks of foot and mouth disease are confirmed in County Cork.
• March 9 – The British Prime Minister proposes to allow the Ulster counties to hold a vote on whether or not to join a Home Rule parliament in Dublin.
• April 6 – The second reading of the Home Rule Bill is carried in Westminster.
• April 25 – 35,000 rifles and over 3 million rounds of ammunition are landed at Larne, Bangor and two other ports. The equipment is quickly distributed around Ulster.
• June 23 – The Government of Ireland Bill is introduced into the House of Lords. It allows Ulster counties to vote on whether or not they want to be included.
• July 10 – The Provisional Government of Ulster meets for the first time in the Ulster Hall. It vows to keep Ulster in trust for the British Empire.
• July 21 – A conference is opened at Buckingham Palace by the King. It is hoped that unionists and nationalists attending will break the impasse over Home Rule.
• July 24 – The Buckingham Palace conference ends in failure. Nationalists and unionists present couldn't agree in principle or detail.
• July 26 – Erskine Childers and his wife sail into Howth and land 2,500 guns for the Irish Volunteers.
• July 30 – The Government of Ireland (Amendment) Bill is postponed indefinitely due to the worsening European situation.
• August 12 – The County Clare-born inventor of the submarine, John Holland, dies in New Jersey aged 79.

Arts and literature

Sports

Births

Deaths