1906 in Ireland

Events

• 4 January – Irish Parliamentary Party Member of Parliament, William O'Brien, calls on nationalists to extract the maximum concessions for Ireland from every English government.
• 16 May – temperance reformers meet with the Lord-Lieutenant, seeking Sunday closing for all public houses, earlier closing on Saturdays and a reduction of licences throughout the country.
• 1 August – the Catholic Hierarchy rules out any scheme for mixed education at Trinity College Dublin.
• 7 August – Douglas Hyde is awarded the freedom of Dublin.
• 8 August – a Parisian court cannot grant a divorce to Maud Gonne and John MacBride. A separation is granted and she is given custody of their son, Seán MacBride.
• Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast is completed, laying claim to being the first air conditioned building in the world.
• Work on the building of Belfast City Hall is completed.
• Alice Perry becomes the first woman to graduate with a degree in civil engineering in Ireland or Britain,^[1] at Queen's College, Galway, and is appointed in December as acting county surveyor for Galway.^[2]