Events in the year 1902 in Ireland. Events 2 January – The South Irish Horse cavalry was formed as the South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry. 7 January – Waterford Corporation passed a motion to confer the freedom of the city on John Redmond. 8 January – The Great National Convention took place in the Round Room of the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin. Motions were passed regarding coercion, the Irish language and evicted tenants. 2 April – John Redmond was awarded the freedom of the City of Dublin. Spring to autumn – The Cork International Exhibition (1902) was held. 22 May – The White Star Liner SS Ionic was launched by Harland and Wolff in Belfast. 2 June – The centenary of the Congregation of Christian Brothers was celebrated with High Mass in the Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago. 22 July – Thomas Croke died at the age of 78 in Thurles. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel since 1875, he was the first patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association and a supporter of the Gaelic League and the Land League. August – The first part of the cliff path at The Gobbins, Islandmagee, was opened. 26 November – Ireland's Own magazine was launched. The Dunraven land conference started. The Roman Catholic St Brendan's Cathedral, Loughrea, was completed. Arts and literature 2 April – W. B. Yeats's play Cathleen Ní Houlihan was first performed in Dublin. Michael McCarthy's Priests and People in Ireland was published. The Irish Literary Theatre project ended. Padraic Colum's anti-enlistment play, The Saxon Shillin' , was awarded a prize by Cumann na nGaedheal. Percy French wrote the comic song Are Ye Right There Michael? Augusta, Lady Gregory, published Cuchulain of Muirthemne, a retelling of Irish mythology in English. Walter Osborne painted his last work, Tea in the Garden, in Dublin. Sport Football International 22 February – Wales 0–3 Ireland (in Cardiff) 1 March – Ireland 1–5 Scotland (in Belfast) 22 – March Ireland 0–1 England (in Belfast) Irish League Winners: Linfield F.C. Irish Cup Winners: Linfield F.C. 5–0 Distillery F.C. Births 2 January – Dan Keating, Ireland's oldest man and last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence (died 2007) 13 January – Francis Connell, cricketer (died 1983). 20 January – Kevin Barry, Irish Republican Army member (executed for his part in an operation resulting in the deaths of three British soldiers 1920). 26 February – Jim Hurley,