1915 in Ireland

Events

April 4 – 25,000 National Volunteers assemble at the Phoenix Park. John Redmond takes the salute from under the statue of Charles Stewart Parnell on Sackville Street.
April 5 – At the National Volunteers convention at the Mansion House John Redmond praises their response to World War I.
May 7 – The Lusitania is torpedoed by German submarines about eight miles off the coast of Kinsale, County Cork.
May 9 – Hopes of finding Sir Hugh Lane alive have faded completely. He was a patron of Irish painting and modern art, and was one of many people who were on board the Luisitania.
May 25 – The British Prime Minister appoints a national wartime coalition of 12 Liberals, 8 Unionists and 1 Labour member. In Dublin the Irish Parliamentary Party approves John Redmond's decision not to join.
July 29 – Nationalists led by Pádraig Pearse take over the Gaelic League at its Dundalk conference. Douglas Hyde resigns as its President.
August 1 – Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. Pádraig Pearse delivers the graveside oration.