1882 in Ireland

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
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See also:	1882 in the United Kingdom; Other events of 1882 ; List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1882 in Ireland.

Events

2 May - 'Kilmainham Treaty', an agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom under William Ewart Gladstone and the gaoled Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell extending the terms of the Second Irish Land Act (1881) to abate tenant rent arrears, is announced in Parliament.
6 May - Phoenix Park Murders: Lord Frederick Cavendish, the newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Thomas Henry Burke, his Permanent Undersecretary (the primary target), are fatally stabbed in Phoenix Park, Dublin, by members of the "Irish National Invincibles" (militant Irish republicans).

18 February Ireland 0 - 13 England (in Belfast).^[1] First Irish international match.

25 February Wales 7 - 1 Ireland (in Wrexham). First Irish international goal scored by RS Johnston of Distillery.^[1]

Winners: Queens Island 1-0 Cliftonville

17 January - Henry George Farmer, musicologist (died 1965).
2 February - James Joyce, writer and poet (died 1941).
9 February - James Stephens, novelist and poet (died 1950).
28 February - Pádraic Ó Conaire, journalist and writer (died 1928).
17 March - Alfie Byrne, Irish Nationalist politician, served both as an MP in the British House of Commons and as a TD in Dáil Éireann (died 1956).
24 April - Jack Rochford, Kilkenny hurler (died 1953).

1 July - Brian O'Higgins, Sinn Féin MP and President (died 1963).
2 August - Bryan Cusack, doctor, Sinn Féin MP, member 1st Dáil (died 1973).
25 August - Seán T. O'Kelly, founding member of Fianna Fáil, Cabinet Minister and second President of Ireland (died 1966).
6 October - William John English, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Vlakfontein, South Africa (died 1941).
11 October - John D'Alton, Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1946 to 1963 (died 1963).
14 October - Éamon de Valera, President, Taoiseach and Founder of Fianna Fáil, born in Manhattan, New York (died 1975).
21 October - George Gavan Duffy, barrister, Sinn Féin MP (died 1951).
20 November - John Aston, cricketer (died 1951).
21 November - Thomas J. O'Connell, trade unionist, Labour Party leader, TD and Senator (died 1969).

Anne Acheson, sculptor (died 1962)
Darrell Figgis, writer, Sinn Féin activist and independent politician (died 1925).
Bulmer Hobson, member of Irish Volunteers, socialist and writer (died 1969).
Herbert Hughes, musicologist, composer and critic (died 1937).
Anthony Mulvey, editor and Nationalist Party MP (died 1957).
Thomas Sadleir, genealogist (died 1957).
Estella Solomons, painter (died 1968).

^ ^a ^b Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 149. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.