Navy guard ship to be permanently stationed at Kingstown, the cruiser , took place. The Cork International Exhibition was re-opened. Arts and literature January – An Túr Gloine, the cooperative studio for stained glass, was established by Sarah Purser in Dublin. 8 October – J. M. Synge's play, In the Shadow of the Glen, was first performed at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin. 7 December – The first Irish language opera, Muirgheis, with music by Thomas O'Brien Butler and libretto by Thadgh O'Donoghue was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Dublin. Padraic Colum's Broken Soil was performed by W. G. Fay's Irish National Dramatic Company. George Moore's short stories The Untilled Field were published. 'Æ' (George William Russell)'s The Nuts of Knowledge, lyrical poems old and new was published by Elizabeth Yeats's Dun Emer Press at Dundrum, Dublin. W. B. Yeats's poetry collection In the Seven Woods, being poems of the Irish heroic age was published by his sister's Dun Emer Press; he also published his essays Ideas of Good and Evil. County Cork-born Chicago chief of police Francis O'Neill's collection O'Neill's Music of Ireland was published. Sport Association football International 14 February – England 4–0 Ireland (in Wolverhampton) 21 March – Scotland 0–2 Ireland (in Glasgow) 28 March – Ireland 2–0 Wales (in Belfast) Irish League Winners: Distillery F.C. Irish Cup Winners: Distillery F.C. 3–1 Bohemian F.C. Bohemian F.C. became the first Dublin team to join the Irish Football League. The Oval football stadium, home of Glentoran F.C., was rebuilt, with the pitch being turned around ninety degrees. Motor racing 2 July – The Gordon Bennett Cup race was run on Irish public roads, the first international motor race in Ireland. The winner was Camille Jenatzy. Births 15 January – Joe Stynes, Irish Republican and sportsman (died 1991). 19 January – Alfred Lane Beit, British politician, art collector and philanthropist, honorary Irish citizen (died 1994). 28 January – Kathleen Lonsdale, X-ray crystallographer (died 1971). 2 February – Hilton Edwards, actor, director, co–founder of Gate Theatre, born in London (died 1982). 5 February – William Teeling, author, traveller and UK politician (died 1975). 23 February – Alec Mackie, association football player (died 1984 in Northern Ireland). 11 March – Michael Hilliard, Fianna Fáil party Teachta Dála (TD), Cabinet minister and Member of the European Parliament (died 1982). 13 March – Joseph Blowick second leader of the Clann na Talmhan party, TD