January 26, 1907Synges Playboy of the Western World is performed for the first time at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, riot ensues
November 4, 1908Six women meet at the home of womens activists Hanna and Francis Sheehy-Skeffington to establish the Irish Womens Franchise League
September 8, 1908Poet, educator and eventual Easter Rising rebel Patrick Pearse opens St. Ednas school for boys (Scoil Eanna)
August 27, 1908Birth of Niall Ó'Dónaill, Irish-language scholar and lexicographer, in the Rosses, Co. Donegal
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