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Chronology of Horace Plunkett
Ireland in the New Century by Sir Horace Plunkett
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1854 October 24: |
born at Sherborne (Glos.), England, sixth child of Baron Dunsany |
1860: |
family moved to Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland |
1872-73: |
attended university at Oxford |
1878: |
formed Dunsany Co-operative Society |
1879-89: |
ranched in Wyoming during spring and summer, wintered in Ireland |
1888: |
Co-operative Stores for Ireland (article) |
1889: |
attended Annual Co-operative Congress at Ipswich, England; started co-operative store in Doneraile, Co. Cork, Ireland; Co-operative Wholesale Society established first Irish co-operative creamery at Drumcollogher, Co. Limerick, Ireland |
1891: |
founded his first co-operative creamery at Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick, Ireland |
1892 July: |
elected as M.P. for South Dublin |
1894 April 18: |
Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (IAOS) formed |
1895 May: |
re-elected for South Dublin |
1897: |
sworn to Irish Privy Council |
1899: |
Vice-President of Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction |
1900 October: |
defeated in South Dublin election |
1901 November: |
defeated in Galway by-election |
1902: |
Fellowship of the Royal Society |
1903: |
knighted |
1904: |
Ireland in the New Century published |
1906: |
honorary degree from Oxford |
1908: |
Noblesse Oblige; honorary degree from Dublin (TCD) |
1910: |
The Rural Life Problem of the USA |
1914: |
A Better Way: an Appeal to Ulster not to Desert Ireland |
1917 July: |
elected chairman of the Irish Convention |
1918: |
reported on Irish Convention; Home Rule and Conscription; resigned from Congested Districts Board |
1920: |
creameries attacked by military; England's Irish Policy before and after the War |
1921: |
compulsory closure of creameries by military; Anglo-Irish Treaty signed on 7 December |
1922: |
nominated to the Irish Senate (upper house); Ulster Agricultural Organisation Society founded; IAOS obtains annual grant from Free State administration |
1923: |
resigned Senate seat; moved to England after Irish house burned |
1929: |
learned to fly at 75 years of age |
1930 August: |
last visit to Ireland |
1932 March 26: |
died at Weybridge (Surrey), England |