the first time. The bill consisted of three one-act plays, On Baile's Strand and Cathleen Ní Houlihan by Yeats and Spreading the News by Lady Gregory. The Ulster Literary Theatre was established. Lady Gregory published Gods and Fighting Men, a retelling of Irish mythology in English. 'Æ' (George William Russell) published The Divine Vision, and Other Poems. James Joyce's story "Eveline" was published. Arthur Griffith's The Resurrection of Hungary was published. Peadar Ua Laoghaire's story was first published in book form. Grace Rhys's story The Charming of Estercel was published. Sport Camogie 17 July – The first public game of camogie was played between Dublin teams Craobh an Chéitinnigh (Keatings branch of the Gaelic League) and Cúchulainns at a at the Meath agricultural showground in Navan. Association football International 12 March – Ireland 1–3 England (in Belfast) 21 March – Wales 0–1 Ireland (in Bangor) 26 March – Ireland 1–1 Scotland (in Dublin) Irish League Winners: Linfield F.C. Irish Cup Winners: Linfield F.C. 5–1 Derry Celtic F.C. Shelbourne F.C. became the second Dublin team to join the Irish Football League, after Bohemian F.C. who joined the previous year. Births 16 January – Frederick Boland, diplomat, first Irish ambassador to Britain and to the United Nations (died 1985). 26 January – Seán MacBride, Clann na Poblachta party Teachta Dála (TD), Cabinet minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner (died 1988). 19 February – Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, writer (drowned 1950). 29 February – James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn, soldier and politician (died 1979). 7 March – Jim Ganly, cricketer and rugby player (died 1976). 27 April – Cecil Day-Lewis, poet and writer, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1967 to 1972 (died 1972). 7 May – David Sullivan, labour leader in USA (died 1976). 5 June – Derrick Kennedy, cricketer (died 1976). 5 July – Michael McLaverty, novelist (died 1992). 20 July – Molly Keane (born Mary Nesta Skrine), novelist and playwright (died 1996). 17 August – John "Pondoro" Taylor, hunter and writer (died 1969). 9 September – Jack Lawrence, cricketer (died 1984). 2 October – Dermot Boyle, Marshal of the Royal Air Force (died 1993). 21 October – Patrick Kavanagh, poet and novelist (died 1967). 13 December – William McCrea, astronomer and mathematician (died 1999). Deaths 22 January – George Salmon, mathematician and theologian (born 1819). 21 March – William Russell Grace, businessman and first Roman Catholic mayor of New