world. Sport Cricket Several Irish Cricket Teams travel for their second tour of Canada and the United States. Football International 3 March Wales 11–0 Ireland (in Wrexham) 24 March Ireland 2–10 Scotland (in Belfast) 7 April Ireland 1–5 England (in Belfast) Irish Cup Winners: Cliftonville 2–1 Distillery Distillery win the Irish Junior Cup. Gaelic Games Several Cavan GAA football teams are formed including the Kildallan Wolfe Tones, Castletara, Butlersbridge Emmets, Drumlane sons of O'Connell, Ballintemple Bob Sextons, Ballinagh Erins Hope, Bawnboy Gallowglasses, Milltown Owen Roes, Arva Michael Davitts, and the Cavan Slashers. April – the First Cavan GAA All Ireland Finals is held in Birr. 7 April – a Cavan GAA football game between the Cavan Slashers and Belturbet Rory O'Moores is reported by an Anglo-Celt reporter as "...A disgrace, I must state that a more rowdy and disgraceful meeting I have never witnessed and the conduct of the party that came along with the Cavan club was simply what I could not wish to describe" and "The filthy expressions used by them towards the Rory O'Moores is simply not fit for publication". 30 April – the first Cavan GAA County Championship Final is played at Cavan as the Maghera McFinns defeat the Ballyconnell First Ulster's. Golf The Royal Portrush Golf Club is founded as The County Club at Portrush, County Antrim. The Cork Golf Club is founded at Cork. Horse racing The Leopardstown Racecourse is established by Captain George Quin becoming the first modern fully enclosed race track. Births 6 January – Séumas Robinson, member of Irish Volunteers and Irish Republican Army (died 1961). 7 January – Eugene O'Callaghan, Bishop of Clogher 1943–1969 (died 1973). 8 January – Matthew Moore, actor (died 1960). 10 February – Michael Joseph MacManus, journalist. 13 February – Desmond FitzGerald, Sinn Féin MP, TD, Cabinet Minister, Seanad Éireann member and poet, born in London (died 1947). 4 March – Grace Gifford Plunkett, Sinn Féin member and politician (died 1955). 10 March – Barry Fitzgerald, Academy Award-winning actor (died 1961). 8 May – W. F. Marshall, Presbyterian minister and poet (died 1959). 18 May – Art O'Connor, Sinn Féin MP, member of 1st Dáil, Cabinet Minister, lawyer and judge (died 1950). 9 June – Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Ulster Unionist Party MP, third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1973). 1 July – Linda Kearns MacWhinney, nurse, Sinn Féin member and politician (died 1951).