1911 in Ireland
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See also: 1910 in Ireland, other events of 1911, 1912 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.
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Events
- January 5 - Protestant church leaders condemn the Ne Temere Papal decree on mixed marriages.
- February 11 - Ireland beats England by one try to nil at the first rugby international of the season at Lansdowne Road.
- May 31 - The RMS Titanic's hull is launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. It was the largest steamship afloat.
- June 22 - As King George V is crowned in London a Sinn Féin meeting at the Customs House in Dublin condemns Irish participation in the coronation ceremonies.
- July 8 - King George V and Queen Mary officially open the College of Science in Merrion Square, Dublin.
- August 9 - A statue of Charles Stewart Parnell is hoisted onto its pedesatl in Sackville Street.
- August 17 - Dublin County Council votes in favour of using Greenwich Mean Time. The councillors hear that Irish time, being 25 minutes behind Greenwich, is a great handicap for trade.
- August 18 - The Parliament Act removes the House of Lords's power regarding budgets and restricts their power over other bills to a two-year suspensive veto. This Act could make Home Rule a possibility in the future.
- September 23 - 70,000 unionists and Orangemen march from Belfast to Craigavon House to protest against Home Rule.
- October 1 - A monument to Charles Stewart Parnell is unveiled in Upper Sackville Street.
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Arts and literature
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Sports
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Births
- February 12 - Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, fifth President of Ireland.
- May 17 - Maureen O'Sullivan, actress.
- October 5 - Brian O'Nolan, satirist and humourist.
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