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Events from the year 1878 in Ireland. ==Events== * 22 May - Launch of the experimental powered submarine ''Holland I'', designed by Irish-born John Philip Holland, at Paterson, New Jersey. Its performance impresses the American Fenian Brotherhood sufficiently to induce them to finance his continued experiments with a view to using such a machine against the British. * 24 August - The narrow gauge Ballymena and Larne Railway starts passenger operations in County Antrim, the first on the Irish 3 ft narrow gauge. * 9 October - St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam (Church of Ireland) dedicated.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tuam.galway-ireland.ie/st-marys-cathedral.htm )〕 * 28 September - Intermediate Education Act passed: this will revolutionise Irish society, as it provides education to talented and hard-working boys and girls through "Exhibitions" (scholarships) worth up to $50. It particularly changes the position of women: by 1901 there will be 20,478 teachers in Ireland, 60% of them women, earning 80% of the male wage for the job. * Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea established by Cistercian Trappist monks from Mount Melleray Abbey. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1878 in Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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