over a week. 1 November Kingstown trade unionist James Byrne, arrested for his part in the lockout, dies as the result of a hunger strike. Professor Eoin MacNeill's article "The North Began", suggesting formation of pro-self-government Irish Volunteers, appears in the Gaelic League newspaper An Claidheamh Soluis, at the suggestion of The O'Rahilly. 10 November – the Dublin Volunteer Corps enrolls over 2,000 men. They declare they will preserve the "civil and religious liberties" of Protestants outside Ulster in the event of Irish Home Rule. 19 November – the Irish Citizen Army is founded by James Larkin, Jack White & James Connolly to protect workers in the general lockout. 25 November – the pro-Home Rule Irish Volunteers are formed at a meeting attended by 4,000 men in Dublin's Rotunda Rink. 28 November – Bonar Law addresses a huge unionist rally in the Theatre Royal in Dublin, declaring that if Home Rule is introduced Ulster will resist and will have the support of his party. Arts and literature George A. Birmingham's comedy General John Regan is premièred in London (8 January) and New York City (13 November). Winifred Mary Letts publishes Songs from Leinster. Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan produces his play Rope Enough. Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha's story An Baile S’Againne is published. Katharine Tynan's Irish Poems is published. W. B. Yeats' poem "September 1913" is published in The Irish Times during the Dublin Lock-out (8 September). His Poems Written in Discouragement is also published this year. English barrister and lyricist Frederic Weatherly publishes the ballad "Danny Boy" set to the Londonderry Air. English music hall comedian Arthur Lucan meets and marries (25 November) 16-year-old actress Kitty McShane in Dublin. Sport Gaelic games All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1913 Winners: Kerry All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1913 Winners: Kilkenny Football International 18 January Ireland 0–1 Wales (in Belfast) 15 February Ireland 2–1 England (in Belfast) 15 March Ireland 1–2 Scotland (in Dublin) Irish League Winners: Glentoran Irish Cup Winners: Linfield 2–0 Glentoran Derry Celtic are relegated and subsequently voted out of the Irish Football League; they never play senior football again. Births 19 January – Matt O'Mahoney, international soccer player (died 1992). 22 January – William Conway, Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh (died 1977). 30 January – Kevin Danaher, folklorist and writer (died 2002). 15 February – William Scott, Ulster Scots painter (died 1989). 13 March – Joe Kelly, motor racing driver (died 1993). 29