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Events from the year 1895 in Ireland. == Events == *22 March - The burned body of Bridget Cleary is discovered in County Tipperary; her husband, Michael, is subsequently convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter, his defence being a belief that he had killed a changeling left in his wife's place after she had been abducted by fairies. *3–5 April - ''Wilde v Queensberry'': Oscar Wilde presses a criminal libel case in London against the Marquess of Queensberry, who is defended by Edward Carson. Wilde loses the case. *25 May - ''Regina v. Wilde'': Oscar Wilde is convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years' hard labour. *7 August - United Kingdom general election * *Edward Carson is re-elected in a Trinity College, Dublin seat and as senior MP becomes a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.〔 * *Michael Davitt enters the British House of Commons as the elected Member of Parliament for South Mayo. He has been refused entry on two previous attempts. *23 December - Grand Opera House in Belfast is opened. *24 December - Kingstown Lifeboat Disaster: The Kingstown Life-boat capsizes on service: all fifteen crew are lost. *Belfast Botanic Gardens becomes a public park when Belfast Corporation purchases the gardens from the Belfast Botanical and Horticultural Society. 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「1895 in Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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