Naturalist's Field Club. Arts and literature 17 January – the Anglo-Irish writers cousins Somerville and Ross first meet, at Castletownshend. December – W. B. Yeats poem The Stolen Child is published. Yeats's verse play Mosada Edward Dowden's The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley is published. George Moore's Confessions of a Young Man and A Drama in Muslin are published. Emily Lawless's Hurrish is published. T. P. O'Connor's The Parnell Movement is published. Dublin University professor G.T. Stokes' Ireland and the Celtic Church is published. Rev. J. A. Wylie's History of the Scottish Nation, a valuable resource of Celtic Ireland, begins publication. Dublin Lodge of the Theosophical Society is founded. Sport Athletics December – the Dublin University Harriers Club is founded in an effort to promote cross country running. Chess March 18 – the Irish Chess Association is invited to a match against the Belfast Chess Club in an advertisement in the Belfast Newsletter and Northern Whig. September 20 – October 1: the Irish Chess Association holds a national tournament, consisting of an even and handicap tournament, as Richard Barnett (although W.K. Pollock gained a full score) defeats British Chessmasters John Blackburne and Amos Burn filling the vacancy by former champion Porterfield Rynd. Football March – Linfield F.C. is formed in Belfast. International 27 February Wales 5–0 Ireland (in Wrexham) 12 March Ireland 1–6 England (in Belfast) 20 March Ireland 2–7 Scotland (in Belfast) Irish Cup Winners: Distillery 1–0 Limavady Alexander Gaelic Games The first Gaelic Athletic Association match in the United States is held between Kerry and Galway in Boston, Massachusetts. Polo Polo player John Watson wins the Irish Dublin Cup. The British polo team, including two players from the All Ireland Polo Club, win the American International Polo Cup. Births 9 February – Edwin Maxwell, actor (died 1948). 21 March – Oscar Traynor, Fianna Fáil politician (died 1963). 25 March – Jack McAuliffe, boxer (died 1937). 3 April – David Nelson, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1914 at Néry, France (died 1918). 14 April – Jack Beattie, politician and trade unionist (died 1960). 4 May – George Ivatt, railway locomotive designer (died 1976) 10 May – Richard Mulcahy, Chief of Staff, TD, Cabinet Minister and leader of Fine Gael (died 1971). 5 June – Alexander McCabe, Sinn Féin MP, member of 1st Dáil, Cumann na nGaedheal TD (died 1972). 24 June – George Shiels, dramatist