1912 in Ireland
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Events
- 9 April - 250,000 Orangemen converge on Balmoral Showground, declaring that under no circumstances will they accept Home Rule.
- 11 April - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Herbert Asquith introduces the Home Rule Bill in the British House of Commons.
- 12 April - A convention of Sinn Féin delegates led by Arthur Griffith opposes the Home Rule Bill.
- 14 April - The RMS Titanic, the largest vessel in the world, built in Belfast and making its last stop at Cóbh, collides with an iceberg and sinks within a few hours.
- 30 April - Winston Churchill moves the second reading of the Home Rule Bill in Westminster.
- 9 May - The second reading of the Home Rule Bill is accepted in the British House of Commons. A Unionist amendment rejecting the Bill is defeated.
- 10 May - At the Royal Albert Hall, Andrew Bonar Law speaks of Conservative Opposition to the Home Rule Bill. Elsewhere Edward Carson also voices his opposition.
- 1 July - A serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurs in Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow.
- July - Andrew Bonar Law makes a defiant speech at Blenheim Palace against Home Rule.
- 28 September - 'Ulster Day' - Ulster Covenant to resist Home Rule is signed by almost 250,000 men throughout Ulster. 229,000 women sign a parallel declaration.
- 23 October - Large numbers of cattle are slaughtered in Mullingar due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the area.
Arts and literature
- 20 April - Bram Stoker, author of Dracula and theatrical manager, dies in London.
Sport
Football
- International
- Winners: Glentoran
- Winners: Linfield (last club remaining after several others withdrew)
- Bohemians are re-admitted to the Irish Football League after resigning the previous year. Tritonville, another Dublin side, joins the League, but lasts just one season.
Olympics
- Kenneth McArthur, born in Dervock, County Antrim, wins the marathon race at the 1912 Summer Olympics for South Africa.
Births
- 8 January - James Brophy, cricketer (d.1994).
- 5 February - Desmond Surfleet, cricketer (d.2006).
- 14 February - Joseph Brennan, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (d.1980).
- 22 March - Wilfrid Brambell, actor (d.1985).
- 27 April - Tommy Breen, international soccer player (d.1988).
- 29 April - Terence de Vere White, lawyer, novelist and biographer (d.1994).
- 9 June - Patrick Mulligan, Bishop of Clogher 1970-1979 (d.1990).
- 12 July - Mick Mackey, Limerick hurler and first recipient of the GAA All-Time All-Star Award (Hurling) (d.1982).
- 9 August - Alex Stevenson, soccer player (d.1985).
- 12 November - Donagh MacDonagh, writer and judge (d.1968).
- 1 December - Micheál Cranitch, Fianna Fáil politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann in 1973. (d.1999).
Full date unknown
- Gerald Goldberg, lawyer, Fianna Fáil politician and first Jewish Lord Mayor of Cork (d.2003).
- Jimmy Kelly, soccer player (d.1970).
- Brendan Menton Sr., soccer administrator and president of the Football Association of Ireland (d.2002).
- Denis O'Conor Don, hereditary chief of the O'Conor Don sept (d.2000).
- Tommy Potts, fiddle player (d.1988).
- Jimmy Warnock, boxer (d.1987).
Deaths
- 30 January - John Philip Nolan, soldier, landowner and politician (b.1838).
- 21 February - Osborne Reynolds, engineer and prominent innovator in the understanding of fluid dynamics (b.1842).
- 20 April - Bram Stoker, writer and author of Dracula (b.1847).
- 28 April - Michael Thomas Stenson, politician in Canada (b.1838).
Full date unknown
- Justin McCarthy, politician, historian and novelist (b.1830).