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Events from the year 1912 in Ireland. ==Events== *8 February - First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill addresses a pro Home Rule meeting in Belfast despite Ulster Unionist attempts to prevent him speaking. Churchill shares the platform with John Redmond the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. *31 March - John Redmond, Eoin MacNeill, Patrick Pearse, Tim Healy and others address a monster meeting of 200,000 people in favour of Home Rule at the GPO in O'Connell Street, Dublin〔http://ashbournehistoricalsociety.com/the-1912-home-rule-bill-lecture-transcript/〕 *9 April - 250,000 Orangemen converge on Balmoral Showground in Belfast, declaring that under no circumstances will they accept Home Rule. *11 April - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom H. H. Asquith introduces the 3rd Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. *12 April - A convention of Sinn Féin delegates led by Arthur Griffith opposes the Home Rule Bill. *14 April - , the largest vessel in the world, built in Belfast and making her last call at Queenstown, collides with an iceberg and sinks within a few hours. *22 April - Englishman Denys Corbett Wilson completes the first aeroplane crossing of the Irish Sea, from Goodwick in Wales to Crane near Enniscorthy. *26 April - English-born Vivian Hewitt makes an aeroplane crossing of the Irish Sea from Holyhead to Phoenix Park, Dublin. *30 April - Winston Churchill moves the second reading of the Home Rule Bill at Westminster. *9 May - The second reading of the Home Rule Bill is accepted in the British House of Commons. A Unionist amendment rejecting the Bill is defeated. *10 May - At the Royal Albert Hall in London, Bonar Law speaks of Conservative Opposition to the Home Rule Bill. Elsewhere Edward Carson also voices his opposition. *1 July - A serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurs in Counties Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow. *July - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom H. H. Asquith travels to Dublin (the first ''sitting'' Prime Minister to do so in over a century; Gladstone had visited Dublin in November 1877 whilst out of office, whilst Arthur Balfour had been Chief Secretary for Ireland) to make a speech, criticising Unionist demands. *18 July - Suffragettes attempt an arson attack on the Theatre Royal, Dublin, during Asquith's visit. *27 July - Bonar Law, leader of the British Conservative Party in opposition, makes a defiant speech at a massive Unionist rally at Blenheim Palace against Home Rule implying support for armed resistance to it in Ulster. *28 September - 'Ulster Day' - Ulster Covenant to resist Home Rule is signed by almost 250,000 men throughout Ulster; 229,000 women sign a parallel declaration. *23 October - Large numbers of cattle are slaughtered in Mullingar due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the area. *The golden eagle becomes extinct in Ireland (prior to reintroduction). 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「1912 in Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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