1915 in Ireland - Definition

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Events

April 4 - 25,000 National Volunteers assemble at the Phoenix Park. John Redmond takes the salute from under the statue of Charles Stewart Parnell on Sackville Street.
April 5 - At the National Volunteers convention at the Mansion House John Redmond praises their response to World War I.
May 7 - The Lusitania is torpedoed by German submarines about eight miles off the coast of Kinsale, County Cork.
May 9 - Hopes of finding Sir Hugh Lane alive have faded completely. He was a patron of Irish painting and modern art, and was one of many people who were on board the Luisitania.
May 25 - The British Prime Minister appoints a national wartime coalition of 12 Liberals, 8 Unionists and 1 Labour member. In Dublin the Irish Parliamentary Party approves John Redmond's decision not to join.
July 29 - Nationalists led by Pádraig Pearse take over the Gaelic League at its Dundalk conference. Douglas Hyde resigns as its President.
August 1 - Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. Pádraig Pearse delivers the graveside oration.

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