the bodies of the Easter Rising leaders so that they can be given a Christian burial. 25 July – large crowds assemble at College Green in Dublin as the Irish Convention meets for the first time. August – W. T. Cosgrave elected for Sinn Féin in a by-election in Kilkenny. 10 September – Imperial German Navy U-boat is sunk in Cork Harbour, probably by one of her own mines, with the loss of 26 crew. 2 October – Royal Navy armoured cruiser is torpedoed by off Rathlin Island with the loss of 18 crew, capsizing later. 25 October – 1,700 Sinn Féin delegates attend a convention in the Mansion House and De Valera replaces Arthur Griffith as the organisation's president. 17 November – Action of 17 November 1917: Queenstown-based United States Navy destroyers and capture Imperial German Navy U-boat which is scuttled off Kinsale. 15 December – Cargo ship SS Formby bound for Waterford from Liverpool is torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea by with the loss of all 35 crew. Two days later her sister, SS Coningbeg, making the same passage is sunk nearby by the same German submarine with the loss of all 15 crew. Undated – Scoil Bhríde, Ranelagh, founded as the first gaelscoil (Irish-language school). Arts and literature May – W. B. Yeats acquires Thoor Ballylee near Gort. August – Anglo-Welsh composer Philip Heseltine begins a year's stay in Ireland. Austin Clarke's narrative poem The Vengeance of Fionn is published. Francis Ledwidge's poems Songs of Peace are published posthumously. Annie M. P. Smithson's first novel Her Irish Heritage is published. The first feature film made in Ireland, A Girl of Glenbeigh, starring Kathleen O'Connor, is made by the Film Company of Ireland. Sport Football Irish League Winners: Glentoran Irish Cup Winners: Glentoran 2–0 Belfast Celtic Gaelic Games Football Senior Football Championship Winners: Wexford Wexford 0–9 : 0–5 Clare Hurling Senior Hurling Championship Winners: Dublin Dublin (Collegians) 5–4 : 4–2 Tipperary (Boherlahan) Births 1 January? – Margaret Barry, traditional singer (died 1989). 6 January – Maeve Brennan, short story writer and journalist (died 1993 in the United States). 15 February – Ruairi Brugha, Fianna Fáil TD, Member of the European Parliament, member of the Seanad (died 2006). 18 February – John Keane, Waterford hurler (died 1975). 3 March – Dave P. Tyndall, Jr., businessman (died 2006). 17 March – Brian Boydell, composer, professor of music at