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| Date | | | | | 9-Feb-1897 | | The steamer "Ulster," one of the four Cross-channel Mail Packets placed on the station this year, and built in accordance with the conditions of the accelerated mail contract of 1896, performed trial trip from Holyhead to Kingstown in the wonderful time of 2 hours 26 minutes. | | | 19-Mar-1897 | | The new Lecture Theatre, Royal Dublin Society, inaugurated in the form of a grand conversazione under the auspices of the President and Council of the Royal Dublin Society. | | | 11-May-1897 | | The new Dublin Fish Market opened. | | | 22-Jun-1897 | | The Diamond Jubilee, to commemorate the 60th year of Her Majesty the Queen 's reign , celebrated. | | | 18-Aug-1897 | | Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York arrived in Dublin and received an enthusiastic reception. On the 20th His Royal Highness received addresses in the Throne Room of the Castle, and afterwards took the oath as a member of Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland. His Royal Highness and Field Marshal Lord Roberts were also, invested as Knights of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick. Their Royal Highnesses left Dublin on 29th, and after making a tour through Ireland took their departure for Scotland, from Belfast, on 8th September. | | | 26-Nov-1897 | | The Grand Lyric Hall on Burgh-quay, formerly the Conciliation Hall, opened. | | | 13-Dec-1897 | | The Theatre Royal, standing on the site of the old Theatre, and lately the Leinster Hall, opened | | | 1-Jan-1898 | | William Kenny, esq., ex-Solicitor General, sworn in as one of the Judges of the High Court of Justice in Ireland. Dunbar Plunket Barton esq., sworn in as Solicitor-General for Ireland. | | | 15-Mar-1898 | | The marble statue, in the Leinster Lawn, of Sir Thomas Farrell, unveiled by Earl Cadogan, K. G., Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Earl of Arran invested with the Order of St. Patrick. | | | 15-Aug-1898 | | The foundation stone of a Monument to Wolfe Tone and the United Irishmen laid in St, Stephen's green. | |
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