1915
25,000 National Volunteers march in Phoenix Park and John Redmond praises their response to the First World War; RMS Lusitania is sunk by the German navy off the coast of Cork; Douglas Hyde resigns his Presidency of Conradh na Gaeilge; Laois are the 1915 hurling champions; Wexford are the 1915 football champions; O'Donovan Rossa is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery; the IRB decide to stage an insurrection in 1916.