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1915 in Ireland

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1915
in
Ireland
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See also:1915 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1915
List of years in Ireland

Events

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Recruitment poster issued from Dublin, July 1915

Arts and literature

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  • 1 February – Helen Waddell's first play, The Spoiled Buddha, was premiered at the Opera House, Belfast, by the Ulster Literary Society.
  • Francis Ledwidge's poems Songs of the Fields were published.
  • James Stephens' poems The Adventures of Seumas Beg: the Rocky Road to Dublin and Songs from the Clay were published.[1]
  • The first dramatic film made in Ireland, Fun at Finglas Fair, was directed by F. J. McCormick. It was never released as all prints were destroyed in the Easter Rising of April 1916.[2]

Sport

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Association football

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Births

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Full date unknown:

Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
  2. ^ Robinson, Patrick (2007). Film Facts. Wigston: Quantum Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-84573-235-6.