the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The period of rent set by the Land Court is reduced to three years. The Plan of Campaign starts its first phase as tenant farmers begin withholding rent from landlords. 69,084 emigrate from Ireland to the United States, according to census records. Newtownbrowne School is opened in Kiltimagh, County Mayo. Construction of Ballymena Castle by Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, the Adair family residence in Demesne, is completed. George Roe & Company Distillers becomes the largest distillery in Europe. Edward Carson is appointed as counsel to the Attorney-General for Ireland. John Boyd Dunlop develops the first practical pneumatic tyre in Belfast. Arts and literature The Romanesque doorway, only surviving portion of the original (late 12th century) Cathedral Church of St. Flannan, Killaloe in County Clare, is restored. William Ewart Gladstone publishes Handbook of Home Rule. Michael Davitt publishes Revival of the Irish Woollen Industry: Brief Historical Record: How England Endeavoured to Destroy Irish Manufacture: How Irish Leaders Propose to Accomplish its Revival William Lecky's A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century is published. Alex G. Richey's A Short History of the Irish People, Down to the Date of the Plantation of Ulster is published. Margaret Stokes publishes Early Christian Art in Ireland. Lady Wilde publishes Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland, with Sketches of the Irish Past (later appended to The Ancient Race of Ireland) Sir Samuel Ferguson's Ogham Inscriptions in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland is published posthumously. Charles Villiers Stanford's Third Symphony, in F minor, the Irish, is first performed. Sport Athletics January 15 – Trinity College's University Harriers Club holds the first Hares and Hounds race in Dollymount. Football International 5 February England 7–0 Ireland (in Sheffield) 19 February Scotland 4–1 Ireland (in Glasgow) 13 March Ireland 4–1 Wales (in Belfast). 16th international game and first win. Irish Cup Winners: Ulster 3–0 Cliftonville Athlone Town A.F.C., the oldest surviving club in the League of Ireland, are founded. 6 November – Celtic F.C. is formed in Glasgow, Scotland, by Irish Marist Brother Walfrid to help alleviate poverty in the city's East End by raising money for his charity, the Poor Children's Dinner Table. Gaelic Games Cavan GAA President Michael Davin resigns. Cavan GAA football teams Annagh Sons of Usnagh, Mountnugent Red Hands, Belturbet Rory O'Moore's, Mullagh Briffnians, Killinkere Defenders, Cross Independents, Moybulgue St. Patricks, and the Virginia Sarsfields are formed. The